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Complementary Therapy Use in Persons with HIV/AIDS

Kenn M. Kirksey, Ph.D., A.P.R.N., B.C.

California State University, Fresno

Brian K. Goodroad, Ph.D.(c), R.N., A.N.P., A.C.R.N.

Metropolitan State University, St. Paul

Jeanne K. Kemppainen, Ph.D., R.N.

Veteran’s Administration Palo Alto Health Care System

William L. Holzemer, Ph.D., R.N., F.A.A.N.

University of California, San Francisco

Eli Haugen Bunch, D.N.Sc., R.N.

University of Oslo

Inge B. Corless, Ph.D., R.N., F.A.A.N.

Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions, Boston

Lucille Sanzero Eller, Ph.D., R.N.

Rutgers University

Patrice Kenneally Nicholas, D.N.Sc., M.P.H., R.N.

Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions, Boston

Kathleen Nokes, Ph.D., R.N., F.A.A.N.

Hunter College

Catherine Bain, M.S., R.N.

University of California, San Francisco

The purpose of this study was to describe the frequency and correlates of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) therapies used by people with HIV/AIDS to manage illness and treatment-related symptoms. Data were collected from a convenience sample (N = 422) of people living with HIV disease. Demographic variables (e.g., education, age, and gender) were compared for those who reported using at least one CAM therapy. There were significant differences for gender ({chi}2= 4.003, df =1,p = .045) and for ethnicity ({chi}2= 6.042, df =2, p = .049). Females and African Americans used CAM more frequently. More than one third of the participants used CAM, and there were a total of 246 critical incidents of nontraditional treatment use. It is possible that these nonallopathic interventions may positively affect health-related quality of life in persons with HIV by ameliorating or reducing the side effects associated with the disease and its treatments.

Journal of Holistic Nursing, Vol. 20, No. 3, 264-278 (2002)
DOI: 10.1177/089801010202000306
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