title: Personal use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) by U.S. health care workers.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine personal use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) among U.S. health care workers.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data are from the 2007 Alternative Health Supplement of the National Health Interview Survey. We examined a nationally representative sample of employed adults (n = 14,329), including a subsample employed in hospitals or ambulatory care settings (n = 1,280).
  
  
  METHODS
  We used multivariate logistic regression to estimate the odds of past year CAM use.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Health care workers are more likely than the general population to use CAM. Among health care workers, health care providers are more likely to use CAM than other occupations.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Personal CAM use by health care workers may influence the integration of CAM with conventional health care delivery. Future research on the effects of personal CAM use by health care workers is therefore warranted.
authors.affiliation: Center for Healthcare Innovation, Allina Hospitals & Clinics, Minneapolis, MN 55407, USA. johns245@umn.edu
authors.forename: Pamela Jo
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ward
authors.forename: Lori
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Knutson
authors.forename: Sue
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sendelbach
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000529:Complementary Therapies / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016017:Odds Ratio; D014481:United States; D055815:Young Adult
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