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Usage and Attitudes Towards Natural Remedies and Homeopathy in General Pediatrics: A Cross-Country Overview

In order to better understand the global approach and country differences in physicians’ usage, knowledge, and attitudes towards natural remedies and homeopathy in pediatric practice, an online survey involving 582 general pediatricians and general practitioners treating pediatric diseases was condu...

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Autores principales: Beer, André-Michael, Burlaka, Ievgeniia, Buskin, Stephen, Kamenov, Borislav, Pettenazzo, Andrea, Popova, Diana, Riveros Huckstadt, María Pilar, Sakalinskas, Virgilijus, Oberbaum, Menachem
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Publicado: SAGE Publications 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4959793/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27493983
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2333794X15625409
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author Beer, André-Michael
Burlaka, Ievgeniia
Buskin, Stephen
Kamenov, Borislav
Pettenazzo, Andrea
Popova, Diana
Riveros Huckstadt, María Pilar
Sakalinskas, Virgilijus
Oberbaum, Menachem
author_facet Beer, André-Michael
Burlaka, Ievgeniia
Buskin, Stephen
Kamenov, Borislav
Pettenazzo, Andrea
Popova, Diana
Riveros Huckstadt, María Pilar
Sakalinskas, Virgilijus
Oberbaum, Menachem
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description In order to better understand the global approach and country differences in physicians’ usage, knowledge, and attitudes towards natural remedies and homeopathy in pediatric practice, an online survey involving 582 general pediatricians and general practitioners treating pediatric diseases was conducted in 6 countries. Overall, 17% of the pediatric prescriptions refer to phytotherapy and 15% refer to homeopathic preparations. Natural remedies and homeopathic preparations are more frequently used in upper respiratory tract infections, infant colic, sleep disturbances, and recurrent infections. In the majority of cases, they are used together with chemical drugs. Both treatment options are typically used if parents are concerned about side effects of conventional drugs or prefer natural remedies for themselves. Physicians express high interest in natural remedies and homeopathy; however, their knowledge is variable. Lack of proven efficacy, knowledge on mechanism of action, and information on indications are main factors that limit their usage.
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spelling pubmed-49597932016-08-04 Usage and Attitudes Towards Natural Remedies and Homeopathy in General Pediatrics: A Cross-Country Overview Beer, André-Michael Burlaka, Ievgeniia Buskin, Stephen Kamenov, Borislav Pettenazzo, Andrea Popova, Diana Riveros Huckstadt, María Pilar Sakalinskas, Virgilijus Oberbaum, Menachem Glob Pediatr Health Original Article In order to better understand the global approach and country differences in physicians’ usage, knowledge, and attitudes towards natural remedies and homeopathy in pediatric practice, an online survey involving 582 general pediatricians and general practitioners treating pediatric diseases was conducted in 6 countries. Overall, 17% of the pediatric prescriptions refer to phytotherapy and 15% refer to homeopathic preparations. Natural remedies and homeopathic preparations are more frequently used in upper respiratory tract infections, infant colic, sleep disturbances, and recurrent infections. In the majority of cases, they are used together with chemical drugs. Both treatment options are typically used if parents are concerned about side effects of conventional drugs or prefer natural remedies for themselves. Physicians express high interest in natural remedies and homeopathy; however, their knowledge is variable. Lack of proven efficacy, knowledge on mechanism of action, and information on indications are main factors that limit their usage. SAGE Publications 2016-07-01 /pmc/articles/PMC4959793/ /pubmed/27493983 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2333794X15625409 Text en © The Author(s) 2016 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License (http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
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Riveros Huckstadt, María Pilar
Sakalinskas, Virgilijus
Oberbaum, Menachem
Usage and Attitudes Towards Natural Remedies and Homeopathy in General Pediatrics: A Cross-Country Overview
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title_short Usage and Attitudes Towards Natural Remedies and Homeopathy in General Pediatrics: A Cross-Country Overview
title_sort usage and attitudes towards natural remedies and homeopathy in general pediatrics: a cross-country overview
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