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Use of complementary and alternative medicine by older adults – a cross-sectional survey

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Geriatrics, March 2014
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Title
Use of complementary and alternative medicine by older adults – a cross-sectional survey
Published in
BMC Geriatrics, March 2014
DOI 10.1186/1471-2318-14-38
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Authors

Katharina Schnabel, Sylvia Binting, Claudia M Witt, Michael Teut

Abstract

Very little is known about complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use by older adults in Germany. The aim of this study was to investigate the use of CAM and other health promoting substances (e.g., herbal teas) by older adults of at least 70 years of age.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Turkey 1 1%
Unknown 75 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 15 20%
Student > Postgraduate 10 13%
Student > Bachelor 9 12%
Researcher 6 8%
Other 5 7%
Other 14 18%
Unknown 17 22%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 31 41%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 6 8%
Nursing and Health Professions 6 8%
Social Sciences 4 5%
Psychology 3 4%
Other 7 9%
Unknown 19 25%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 34. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 31 October 2021.
All research outputs
#990,871
of 22,749,166 outputs
Outputs from BMC Geriatrics
#148
of 3,162 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#10,531
of 224,560 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Geriatrics
#1
of 38 outputs
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