       Document 0465
 DOCN  M9630465
 TI    Alternative/complementary therapies used by persons with HIV disease.
 DT    9603
 AU    Nokes KM; Kendrew J; Longo M; Nursing of Persons With HIV/AIDS, Hunter
       College, City University; of New York, New York City, USA.
 SO    J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care. 1995 Jul-Aug;6(4):19-24. Unique Identifier :
       AIDSLINE MED/96054498
 AB    The authors examined the kind of alternative and complementary therapies
       used by persons with HIV disease. A convenience sample of 145 persons
       with HIV disease who were receiving health care in either New York City
       (n = 72) or Boston (n = 73) completed the Alternative Therapies Check
       List. This instrument consists of 55 alternative or complementary
       therapies; respondents were asked to identify whether they knew the
       therapy and how often they used it. Frequencies were computed,
       demonstrating that all of the identified alternative or complementary
       therapies were used by at least one person with HIV disease. The
       different therapies were ranked according to their mean or average use.
       Findings showed that vitamins were the most commonly used and trigger
       was the least commonly used alternative/complementary therapy.
 DE    Adult  Aged  Alternative Medicine/*UTILIZATION  Boston  Female  Holistic
       Nursing  Human  HIV Infections/NURSING/*THERAPY  Male  Middle Age  New
       York  Vitamins/THERAPEUTIC USE  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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