Exploring unmet healthcare needs, healthcare access, and the use of Practitioner Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine in adults with Chronic Pain.

CONCLUSION: Study findings indicate people may be using Complementary and Alternative Medicine due to shortcomings of the conventional healthcare system, with implications for policymakers and healthcare professions to develop more integrative strategies to improve chronic pain management.Impact Statement: Having unmet healthcare needs is associated with two-fold increased odds of using Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Canadian adults with chronic pain. PMID: 32193985 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Contemporary Nurse - Category: Nursing Tags: Contemp Nurse Source Type: research