Diabetes, lowered mental health functioning and the use of conventional and complementary medicine: results from a secondary analysis of the complementary medicine use, health literacy and disclosure (CAMUHLD) study

People living with diabetes who have lowered mental health functioning appear even more likely to use complementary medicine than conventional medicine, than those with normative mental health functioning. This reinforces the need to resolve clinical governance issues associated with complementary medicine use, especially what role complementary medicine practitioners can fulfil as part of coordinated diabetes care teams, to support patient health and well-being.