Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use Is Prevalent Among Patients with Gastrointestinal Diseases
| Autor: | Jacqueline L. Wolf, Anthony Lembo, Adelina Hung, Nancy Kang, Andrea Bollom |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Complementary Therapies Male medicine.medical_specialty Gastrointestinal Diseases Physiology Alternative medicine MEDLINE Inflammatory bowel disease Gastroenterology Young Adult Surveys and Questionnaires Internal medicine medicine Humans Young adult Irritable bowel syndrome Aged business.industry Significant difference Middle Aged Hepatology medicine.disease Exact test Family medicine Female business |
| Zdroj: | Digestive Diseases and Sciences. 60:1883-1888 |
| ISSN: | 1573-2568 0163-2116 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10620-014-3498-3 |
| Popis: | Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use is reported to be higher among patients with irritable bowel syndrome and inflammatory bowel disease; however, demographic predictors and reasons for utilization for all GI conditions are less clear. To determine prevalence, predictors, and reasons for CAM use among all patients attending a gastrointestinal (GI) clinic in a single academic center. Adults attending outpatient GI clinics at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center completed a questionnaire to assess CAM utilization as well as perceived benefits, harms, and costs of CAM therapy. Fisher’s exact test was used to compare statistical differences between CAM and non-CAM users. Survey questionnaires were completed by 269 patients. Prevalence of CAM use was 44 % (95 % CI 38–50). Users were more likely to be female (81 vs. 56 %, p |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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