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11962114

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-4-18
pubmed:abstractText
Basic information on seniors' use of supplements is lacking. In this study, a convenience sample of community-living older adults (n = 128) was recruited from 10 sites to determine the prevalence, frequency, duration and type of supplement use. Use information, demographics and medical/nutritional history were collected with an interview-administered questionnaire. Supplement use included both vitamin-mineral and/or herbal preparations. Average age of participants was 76 years and 73% were female. Users comprised 79.9% of the sample. Vitamin E was the most common vitamin-mineral and herbal teas were the most popular herbal preparations. The predominant reason for use was to "improve one's health". Initial results suggest that older adults are learning about, using and purchasing these supplements from a variety of sources. With this common use and the concerns over interactions with prescription medications, further work is required to determine if these findings are consistent in a more diverse, randomly selected older Canadian population.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0008-4263
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
92
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
286-90
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Vitamin-mineral supplementation and use of herbal preparations among community-living older adults.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Family Relations and Applied Nutrition, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article