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Complementary and alternative medicine: A survey of its use in children with chronic respiratory illness

BACKGROUND: The use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) has increased in recent years, with especially high prevalence in individuals with chronic illnesses. In the United States, the prevalence of CAM use in pediatric asthma patients is as high as 89%. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the epid...

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Autores principales: Richmond, Ellison, Adams, Denise, Dagenais, Simon, Clifford, Tammy, Baydala, Lola, King, W James, Vohra, Sunita
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
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Publicado: Pulsus Group Inc 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4456849/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26078607
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author Richmond, Ellison
Adams, Denise
Dagenais, Simon
Clifford, Tammy
Baydala, Lola
King, W James
Vohra, Sunita
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Adams, Denise
Dagenais, Simon
Clifford, Tammy
Baydala, Lola
King, W James
Vohra, Sunita
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description BACKGROUND: The use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) has increased in recent years, with especially high prevalence in individuals with chronic illnesses. In the United States, the prevalence of CAM use in pediatric asthma patients is as high as 89%. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the epidemiology of pediatric CAM use in respiratory subspecialty clinics. METHODS: A survey was conducted at two hospital-based respiratory clinics in Edmonton (Alberta) and Ottawa (Ontario). Caregivers (most often parents) of children <18 years of age were asked questions regarding child and caregiver use of CAM, including products and practices used, beliefs about CAM, trust in information sources about CAM and characteristics of the respondents themselves. RESULTS: A total of 202 survey questionnaires were completed (151 from Edmonton and 51 from Ottawa). Pediatric CAM use in Edmonton was 68% compared with 45% in Ottawa, and was associated with caregiver CAM use, poorer health and health insurance coverage for CAM. The majority (67%) of children using CAM had taken prescription drugs concurrently and 58% of caregivers had discussed this with their doctor. DISCUSSION: Lifetime use of CAM at these pediatric clinics was higher than reported for children who do not have chronic diseases. CAM practices that are popular may be worthy of further research to evaluate their effectiveness and safety profile with regard to drug interactions. Health care providers should be encouraged to discuss CAM use at every visit, and explore their patient’s health-related beliefs, behaviours and treatment preferences.
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spelling pubmed-44568492015-06-15 Complementary and alternative medicine: A survey of its use in children with chronic respiratory illness Richmond, Ellison Adams, Denise Dagenais, Simon Clifford, Tammy Baydala, Lola King, W James Vohra, Sunita Can J Respir Ther Original Article BACKGROUND: The use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) has increased in recent years, with especially high prevalence in individuals with chronic illnesses. In the United States, the prevalence of CAM use in pediatric asthma patients is as high as 89%. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the epidemiology of pediatric CAM use in respiratory subspecialty clinics. METHODS: A survey was conducted at two hospital-based respiratory clinics in Edmonton (Alberta) and Ottawa (Ontario). Caregivers (most often parents) of children <18 years of age were asked questions regarding child and caregiver use of CAM, including products and practices used, beliefs about CAM, trust in information sources about CAM and characteristics of the respondents themselves. RESULTS: A total of 202 survey questionnaires were completed (151 from Edmonton and 51 from Ottawa). Pediatric CAM use in Edmonton was 68% compared with 45% in Ottawa, and was associated with caregiver CAM use, poorer health and health insurance coverage for CAM. The majority (67%) of children using CAM had taken prescription drugs concurrently and 58% of caregivers had discussed this with their doctor. DISCUSSION: Lifetime use of CAM at these pediatric clinics was higher than reported for children who do not have chronic diseases. CAM practices that are popular may be worthy of further research to evaluate their effectiveness and safety profile with regard to drug interactions. Health care providers should be encouraged to discuss CAM use at every visit, and explore their patient’s health-related beliefs, behaviours and treatment preferences. Pulsus Group Inc 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC4456849/ /pubmed/26078607 Text en ©2014 Canadian Society of Respiratory Therapists. All rights reserved The Journal adheres to the Creative Commons Licence “Attribution - Non Commercial - CC BY-NC” for all OPEN ACCESS submissions. The publisher reserves commercial copyright on all published material, and permits individual copy reproduction and use in any medium provided the work is properly cited.
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Richmond, Ellison
Adams, Denise
Dagenais, Simon
Clifford, Tammy
Baydala, Lola
King, W James
Vohra, Sunita
Complementary and alternative medicine: A survey of its use in children with chronic respiratory illness
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title_fullStr Complementary and alternative medicine: A survey of its use in children with chronic respiratory illness
title_full_unstemmed Complementary and alternative medicine: A survey of its use in children with chronic respiratory illness
title_short Complementary and alternative medicine: A survey of its use in children with chronic respiratory illness
title_sort complementary and alternative medicine: a survey of its use in children with chronic respiratory illness
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4456849/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26078607
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