Rotondi, MichaelChen, Julio Cristian2020-05-112020-05-112019-122020-05-11https://hdl.handle.net/10315/37453Background: In the Indigenous community, the prevalence of arthritis is 1.3 to 1.6 times higher than their non-Indigenous counterparts. Moreover, minimal population health information on urban Indigenous peoples is available. Objective: To explore the relationship between the use of traditional and mainstream medicine and the prevalence of arthritis in the Indigenous population living in Toronto. Methods: The Our Health Counts Toronto study surveyed 918 self-identified Indigenous adults using Respondent-Driven Sampling. Survey logistic regression and generalized linear mixed models were used to investigate the multivariable relationships between medication use and arthritis, including adjustments for known confounders. Results: Compared to using neither types of medicine, use of both mainstream and traditional medicines (OR: 8.69, 95% CI: 4.06-18.59), mainstream medicine use only (6.08 2.41-15.36) and traditional medicine use only (3.86 2.63-5.67) are associated with arthritis. Conclusion: Indigenous community members with arthritis are likely to use both traditional and mainstream medicine to manage this condition.Author owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests.Health sciencesElectronic Thesis or Dissertation2020-05-11Indigenous HealthRespondent-Driven SamplingRDSTRCArthritisTraditional MedicineModern MedicineJoint PainIndigenous Community