Paula Gardiner|Suzanne Mitchell|Amanda C. Filippelli|Ekaterina Sadikova|Laura F. White|Michael K. Paasche?Orlow|Brian Jack
Health Literacy and Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use Among Underserved Inpatients in a Safety Net Hospital
Boston Medical Center|Boston University|Boston Medical Center|Boston University|Boston Medical Center|Boston University|Boston Medical Center|Boston University|Boston University|Boston Medical Center|Boston University|Boston Medical Center|Boston University
little known relationship health literacy complementary alternative medicine cam use lowincome racially diverse patients authors conducted secondary analysis baseline data 581 participants enrolled reengineered discharge clinical trial authors assessed sociodemographic characteristics cam use health literacy used bivariate multivariate logistic regression test association health literacy four patterns cam use 581 participants 50 reported using cam 28 used providerdelivered cam therapies 27 used relaxation techniques 21 used herbal medicine higher health literacy 55 used cam although association health literacy cam use nonhispanic black participants nonhispanic white 368 95 ci 127 999 hispanicother race 340 95 ci 146 791 participants significantly likely use cam higher health literacy racialethnic group higher odds using relaxation techniques among higher health literacy underserved hospitalized patients use cam regardless race patients high health literacy make greater use relaxation techniques