TY - JOUR
AU - Kua, E. H.
AB - Background: there are very few studies of the use of Chinese herbal medicine and their psychosocial and health-related determinants in older adults.Objectives: to determine the prevalence of use of Chinese herbal medicine in community-living Chinese older adults in Singapore and its associations with socio-economic status, social support, health behaviour, health and functional status.Design: cross-sectional analyses of baseline data from a longitudinal cohort study of old adults (Singapore Chinese Longitudinal Aging Study).Setting: community of Toa Payoh in Singapore (total population 22,800 out of 3 million).Participants: community residents comprising 2010 Chinese older adults aged 65 years and above.Measurements: participants completed a questionnaire on Chinese herbal medicine use and other information on psychosocial and health-related variables.Results: the use of Chinese herbal medicine over the past year was reported by 25.3% of the subjects, among whom 52% reported concurrent use of Western prescription medications. Significant factors that were strongly and independently associated with Chinese herbal medicine use were limited to extensive social support (OR = 2.66–5.56), current smoking (OR = 1.35), regular taiqi (OR = 1.94), arthritis (OR = 2.36), cancer (OR = 3.15), hypnotic use (OR = 2.08), IADL disability (OR = 1.72) and poor treatment compliance (OR = 2.35).Conclusion: positive and negative psychosocial and health-related factors determine the use of Chinese herbal medicine use in Chinese older adults, consistent with the dual-pattern use of Chinese herbal medicine as health supplement and complementary/alternative medicine.
TI - The use of Chinese herbal medicines and their correlates in Chinese older adults: the Singapore Chinese Longitudinal Aging Study
JF - Age and Ageing
DO - 10.1093/ageing/afh016
DA - 2004-03-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/the-use-of-chinese-herbal-medicines-and-their-correlates-in-chinese-YYdOJ2Bepq
SP - 135
EP - 142
VL - 33
IS - 2
DP - DeepDyve
ER -