The Australian Complementary Medicine Workforce: A Profile of 1,306 Practitioners from the PRACI Study.

Amie Steel, Matthew Leach, Jon Wardle, David Sibbritt, Janet Schloss, Helene Diezel, Jon Adams
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Abstract

Objectives: This study aims to describe the Australian complementary medicine (CM) workforce, including practice and professional characteristics.

Design: National cross-sectional survey.

Settings/location: Australia.

Subjects: Any individual who self-identified as a practitioner qualified in any one of 14 CM professions and working in any state or territory of Australia was eligible to participate in the survey.

Interventions: A 19-item online survey was developed following a review of existing CM workforce data and in alignment with other CM workforce survey projects in progress at the time. The survey items were presented under three main constructs: demographic characteristics, professional characteristics, and practice characteristics.

Statistical analysis: Descriptive statistical analysis, including frequencies and percentages, of multiple choice survey items was used. Open response items were analyzed to determine the mean, standard deviation (SD), minimum, and maximum. The demographic data were evaluated for representativeness based on previously reported CM workforce figures.

Results: The survey was completed by 1306 CM practitioners and was found to be nationally representative compared with the most recent registrant data from the Chinese Medicine Board of Australia. Participants primarily practiced in the most populous Australian states and worked in at least one urban clinical location. Most participants held an Advanced Diploma qualification or lower, obtained their qualification ten more years ago, and practiced in a clinical environment alongside at least one other practitioner from another health profession. Participants reported diverse clinical practice specialties and occupational roles. Per week, participants worked an average of 3.7 days and treated 23.6 clients.

Conclusions: The results from this survey of practitioners from most complementary professions in Australia provide new insights into the national complementary medicine workforce. Further exploration of the CM workforce is warranted to inform all who provide patient care and develop health policy for better patient and public health outcomes.

澳大利亚补充医学劳动力:来自PRACI研究的1306名从业人员的概况。
目的:本研究旨在描述澳大利亚补充医学(CM)劳动力,包括实践和专业特点。设计:全国横断面调查。设置/地点:澳大利亚。受试者:任何自认为在澳大利亚任何州或地区工作的14个CM专业中的任何一个专业中有资格的从业人员都有资格参加调查。干预措施:在审查现有的CM劳动力数据并与当时正在进行的其他CM劳动力调查项目保持一致之后,开发了一个包含19个项目的在线调查。调查项目分为三个主要构念:人口特征、专业特征和实践特征。统计分析:采用描述性统计分析,包括选择题的频率和百分比。对开放响应项进行分析,以确定平均值、标准差(SD)、最小值和最大值。根据先前报告的CM劳动力数据评估人口统计数据的代表性。结果:该调查由1306名中医从业者完成,与澳大利亚中医委员会最近的注册数据相比,具有全国代表性。参与者主要在澳大利亚人口最多的州执业,并在至少一个城市临床地点工作。大多数参与者持有高级文凭或更低的资格,十多年前获得资格,并在临床环境中与至少一名来自其他卫生专业的其他从业者一起执业。参与者报告了不同的临床实践专业和职业角色。参与者每周平均工作3.7天,治疗23.6名客户。结论:从这个调查的结果从大多数补充专业的从业者在澳大利亚提供了新的见解到国家补充医学劳动力。有必要进一步探索CM工作人员,以便为所有提供患者护理和制定卫生政策的人员提供信息,以获得更好的患者和公共卫生结果。
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