Health-related self-perceptions over time and provider-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) use in people with inflammatory bowel disease or arthritis

This study provides insights into how health-related self-perceptions are prospectively linked to provider-based CAM use in patients with chronic inflammatory disease. This information is important for both health-care practitioners and researchers as it has implications for maximizing the health-promoting aspects of CAM use and understanding CAM adherence.