Complementary health approaches and dietary supplement use trends among U.S. college students: A brief report.

IF 1.5 4区医学 Q2 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

Journal of American College Health Pub Date : 2025-07-01 Epub Date: 2024-01-23 DOI:10.1080/07448481.2023.2301329

Rick A LaCaille, Amy L Versnik Nowak

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Abstract

Objective: Examine differences over time in use of complementary health approaches (CHA) and dietary supplements among college students.

Participants: Two samples of undergraduate students (Sample 1, N = 370; Sample 2, N = 482) from a midsized Midwestern university.

Method: Using stratified random sampling, at two time points (spring 2008, spring 2019), students were surveyed. Frequency of CHA and supplement use in the past year were assessed and compared across the two time periods.

Results: Of the CHAs compared, 53% had changed in frequency of use with only the practice of yoga significantly increasing. As for supplements, 78% changed in their frequency of use with the rate of melatonin being the only significant increase.

Conclusions: Although the reported use of many CHAs and supplements appeared to change in the time period between assessments, findings suggest that students still report using several CHA practices and, to a lesser extent, supplements.

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美国大学生的补充保健方法和膳食补充剂使用趋势：简要报告。

目的研究大学生使用辅助保健方法（CHA）和膳食补充剂的时间差异：中西部一所中等规模大学的两个本科生样本（样本 1，N = 370；样本 2，N = 482）：采用分层随机抽样法，在两个时间点（2008 年春季和 2019 年春季）对学生进行调查。对过去一年中使用CHA和补充剂的频率进行了评估，并在两个时间段内进行了比较：结果：在比较的保健品中，53% 的使用频率发生了变化，只有瑜伽的练习频率明显增加。至于补充剂，78% 的使用频率发生了变化，只有褪黑素的使用频率有明显增加：尽管在两次评估之间的一段时间内，许多保健方法和补充剂的报告使用情况似乎有所变化，但研究结果表明，学生们仍然报告使用了几种保健方法，而且在较小程度上使用了补充剂。

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Journal of American College Health Multiple-

CiteScore

5.40

自引率

12.50%

发文量

388

期刊介绍： Binge drinking, campus violence, eating disorders, sexual harassment: Today"s college students face challenges their parents never imagined. The Journal of American College Health, the only scholarly publication devoted entirely to college students" health, focuses on these issues, as well as use of tobacco and other drugs, sexual habits, psychological problems, and guns on campus, as well as the students... Published in cooperation with the American College Health Association, the Journal of American College Health is a must read for physicians, nurses, health educators, and administrators who are involved with students every day.