Open to Exploration? Association of Personality Factors With Complementary Therapy Use After Breast Cancer Treatment

Toivonen, Kirsti I.; Carlson, Linda E.; Stephen, Joanne; Speca, Michael; Tamagawa, Rie

Open to Exploration? Association of Personality Factors With Complementary Therapy Use After Breast Cancer Treatment

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Date

2018-1-24

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SAGE Publications

Abstract

Many cancer survivors seek complementary therapies (CTs) to improve their quality of life. While it is well-known that women who are younger, more highly educated, and have higher incomes are more likely to use CTs, individual differences such as personality factors have been largely unexplored as predictors of CT use.

Keywords

barriers, predictors, interest, use, clinical practice guidelines, complementary medicine, complementary therapies, cancer

Citation

Toivonen, K. I., Tamagawa, R., Speca, M., Stephen, J., & Carlson, L. E. (2018). Open to Exploration? Association of Personality Factors With Complementary Therapy Use After Breast Cancer Treatment. Integrative Cancer Therapies, 17(3), 785–792. https://doi.org/10.1177/1534735417753539

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http://hdl.handle.net/1880/108883

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