A Survey of Complementary and Conventional Medicine Use Patterns in the Veteran Population

Completed

Conditions studied: Alternative Medicine, Attitudes, Beliefs, Veterans

In brief

In this protocol, the investigators proposed to assess the Complementary Alternative Medicine (CAM) usage patterns in a Veteran population using a CAM survey developed by Dr. Hernandez and colleagues. This survey, the Complementary, Alternative and Conventional Medicines Attitudes Scale (CACMAS), is a brief, self-report questionnaire that assesses medical use patterns, as well as attitudes about medical treatment and the relationship among these. The CACMAS will assess the potential role of individual beliefs and attitudes towards complementary and conventional medicine usage patterns, and possibly indicate how this scale might be used to predict optimal treatment offerings for a particular population given attitudes about medical treatments.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01502475

Run by

VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System

People needed

97

Starts

2011-11-01

Expected to finish

2014-11-01

Last updated by the study team

2014-12-02

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 89. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Between ages of 18 and 89
• Currently eligible or receiving health care at a VA Medical Center

You may not qualify if…

• Inability to provide informed consent
• Inability to answer comprehension questions

Where it is running

• Denver Veterans Affairs Medical Center/VAECHCS — Denver, Colorado, United States
• Eastern Colorado Health Care System Denver VA — Denver, Colorado, United States

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