Sujeev S. Bains|Leonard E. Egede
Association of Health Literacy with Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use: A Cross-Sectional Study in Adult Primary Care Patients
Medical University of South Carolina|Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center|Medical University of South Carolina
united states estimated 40 adults utilize complementary alternative medicine cam therapies recently national surveys report 90 million adults inadequate health literacy date study assessed health literacy effect cam use primary objective study assess relationship health literacy cam use independent educational attainment second objective evaluate differential effect health literacy cam use race351 patients recruited outpatient primary care clinic validated surveys assessed cam use icamq health literacy realmr demographic information compared demographics health literacy adequate vs inadequate overall individual cam categories health literacy using chi square statistics found race health literacy interaction ran sequential logistic regression models stratified race test association health literacy overall cam use model 1 model 1 education model 2 model 2 demographic characteristics model 3 reported adjusted effect health literacy cam use whites african americans separately75 participants adequate literacy 80 used cam cam use differed cam category among whites adequate health literacy significantly associated increased cam use unadjusted model 1 768 p 0001 models adjusted education model 2 770 p 0002 sociodemographics model 3 942 p 001 among african americans adequate health literacy associated cam use modelswe found race literacy interaction suggesting relationship health literacy cam use differed significantly race adequate health literacy among whites associated increased cam use associated cam use african americans