Complementary and alternative medicine use among adults with work-related and non-work-related asthma

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• Personal Author:
  Knoeller GE ; Mazurek JM ; Moorman JE
• Description:
  Background. The prevalence of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use among adults with current asthma has been estimated to be 40%. To our knowledge, there is no information on the prevalence of CAM use among individuals with work-related asthma (WRA). Objectives. To examine the associations between WRA, CAM use, and adverse asthma events. Methods. We analyzed data from the 2006-2008 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Asthma Call-Back Survey from 37 states and the District of Columbia for ever-employed adults with current asthma. We defined WRA as health-professional-diagnosed WRA. We calculated prevalence ratios (PRs) adjusted for age, sex, race/ethnicity, education, income, health insurance, and geographic region of residence. Results. Of ever-employed adults with current asthma, an estimated 38.1% used CAM and 8.6% had WRA. An estimated 56.6% of individuals with WRA reported using CAM compared with 27.9% of those with non-WRA (PR = 2.0). People with WRA were more likely than those with non-WRA to have adverse asthma events including an asthma attack in the past month (PR = 1.43), urgent treatment for worsening asthma (PR = 1.74), emergency room visit (PR = 1.95), overnight hospital stay (PR = 2.49), and poorly controlled asthma (PR = 1.27). The associations of WRA with adverse asthma events remained after stratifying for CAM use. Conclusions. Compared with non-WRA, individuals with WRA were more likely to use CAM to control their asthma. However, there was no evidence that the use of CAM modified the association of WRA with adverse asthma events. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Aging Lung Men Occupational Health Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Women
• Keywords:
  Age-groups Asthma Call-back Survey Author Keywords: Asthma Complementary And Alternative Medicine Exposure-levels Exposure-limits Humans Pulmonary-function Pulmonary-system Pulmonary-system-disorders Respiratory-system-disorders Risk-factors Sociological-factors Surveillance Work-related Asthma

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• ISSN:
  0277-0903
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Georgia ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 4 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DRDS - Division of Respiratory Disease Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  107-113
• Volume:
  49
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20040301
• Citation:
  J Asthma 2012 Feb; 49(1):107-113
• Contact Point Address:
  Gretchen E. Knoeller, M.P.H., Division of Respiratory Disease Studies, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1095 Willowdale Road MS HG900, Morgantown, WV 26505
• Email:
  ipb8@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2012
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Asthma
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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