Effects of Complementary Therapy on Health in a National US Sample of Older Adults

In: The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine
By: Nguyen HT, Grzywacz JG, Lang W, Walkup M, and Arcury TA
Publisher: Mary Ann Liebert
Published: 7/1/2010

This article looked at whether the use of biologically-based therapies, body-based therapies, or other alternative therapies were associated with a variety of quality-of-life outcomes among respondents age 55 and older.

The authors find that biologically-based therapies and body-based therapies led to improved quality-of-life outcomes at one year follow-up, but there was no effect on these outcomes of alternative therapies.

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