Use of Alternative and Complementary Medicine in Patients with Malignant Diseases in High-Volume Cancer Center and Future Aspects
| Autor: | Ivan Šamija, Marija Miletić, Gordana Mamić, Zvonko Kusić, Ana Fröbe, Davor Kust, Branka Svetec, Ante Bolanča, Jasmina Marić-Brozić |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Complementary Therapies Male medicine.medical_specialty Alternative medicine Nausea Croatia Naturopathy lcsh:Medicine Cancer Care Facilities Logistic regression 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Neoplasms Surveys and Questionnaires medicine Humans In patient 030212 general & internal medicine Cancer Aged Aged 80 and over Traditional medicine business.industry lcsh:R General Medicine Middle Aged medicine.disease Cross-Sectional Studies Oncology 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Family medicine Complementary medicine Anxiety Female medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | Acta Clinica Croatica, Vol 55, Iss 4., Pp 585-592 (2016) |
| ISSN: | 1333-9451 |
| Popis: | Usage of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is steadily increasing over the last decades, gaining medical, economic and sociological importance. Th e aim of the present study was to assess the use of complementary and alternative therapies in cancer patients. A cross-sectional, descriptive survey design was used to collect data through an anonymous questionnaire. A total of 267 patients were included in the study. The prevalence of CAM use among cancer patients in this study was 60.3%. It was found that 61 heterogeneous CAM therapies were used, the most popular among patients being naturopathy/folk medicine. In multivariate logistic regression analysis, independent predictors of CAM use were high income, divorced status, female sex and younger age. In conclusion, considering the fact that a large proportion of patients used at least one CAM approach, we need to continue our efforts to improve the patient-oncologist communication in order to deliver most reliable information to patients and to better understand the possible standard medicine-CAM interactions. According to results of the latest studies, CAM therapies that help manage pain, nausea, fatigue, anxiety, and other symptoms should be integrated into the patient overall care. |
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