Older adults' use of care strategies in response to general and upper respiratory symptoms.
J Appl Gerontol
; 34(3): NP41-61, 2015 Apr.
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ABSTRACT
This study examined the use of complementary and medical treatments, both individually and in combination, to address common general and upper respiratory symptoms. Data for the analysis were collected from a series of 18 daily diary questionnaires administered to community-living older African American and white adults living in rural counties in North Carolina. Participants reported symptoms experienced on each diary day and the treatment strategies they used each day in response to the particular symptom(s). Older adults used diverse categories of strategies to treat symptoms; treatment strategies were used inconsistently across symptoms. Use of only complementary strategies, only medical conventional strategies, or both complementary and medical strategies to treat any one symptom rarely corresponded to the use of the same strategy to address other symptoms. Future research would benefit from analyzing how older adults use health care strategies across symptom categories.
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Doenças Respiratórias
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Autocuidado
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
País/Região como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Appl Gerontol
Ano de publicação:
2015
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Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos