TY - JOUR AU - McLaughlin, Deirdre AU - Lui, Chi-Wai AU - Adams, Jon PY - 2012 DA - 2012/04/04 TI - Complementary and alternative medicine use among older Australian women - a qualitative analysis JO - BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine SP - 34 VL - 12 IS - 1 AB - The use of complementary and alternative medicines (CAM) among older adults is an emerging health issue, however little is known about older people's experiences of using CAM and the cultural, geographical and other determinants of CAM use in this population. This study used qualitative methods to explore older women's views of CAM and reasons for their use of CAM. Participants for the project were drawn from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health (ALSWH) 1921-1926 birth cohort. Women who responded positively to a question about CAM use in Survey 5 (2008) of the ALSWH were invited to participate in the study. A total of 13 rural and 12 urban women aged between 83 and 88 years agreed to be interviewed. SN - 1472-6882 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6882-12-34 DO - 10.1186/1472-6882-12-34 ID - McLaughlin2012 ER -