Nurse and patient characteristics predict communication about complementary and alternative medicine.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The aim of this study was to identify nurse factors (eg, knowledge, practices, and clinical habits regarding complementary and alternative medicine [CAM] as well as demographic factors) and patient characteristics (eg, age, sex, and treatment status) associated with nurses' CAM inquiry and referral patterns.

Methods

Baseline data were collected with nurse/patient questionnaires about CAM use and knowledge as part of a multicenter CAM educational clinical trial. Frequencies and nested regression models were used to assess predictors of nurses' inquiries about and referral to CAM therapies.

Results

Six hundred ninety-nine patients participated in the study. For patients, female sex (odds ratio [OR], 1.50; P = .019) and cancer recurrence (OR, 1.45; P = .05) we

SUBMITTER: Spencer CN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5472201 | biostudies-literature | 2016 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature