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Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use in Hospitalized Cancer Patients—Study from Silesia, Poland
Background: The use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is common amongst cancer patients. The aim of the study was to investigate the use of CAM, beliefs about CAM and the purpose of using it amongst Polish cancer patients. Methods: The study included 864 cancer patients (median 63 year...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8835686/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35162621 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19031600 |
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author | Kasprzycka, Karolina Kurzawa, Marta Kucharz, Malgorzata Godawska, Monika Oleksa, Marta Stawowy, Marta Slupinska-Borowka, Katarzyna Sznek, Wiktoria Gisterek, Iwona Boratyn-Nowicka, Agnieszka Rucinska, Monika Osowiecka, Karolina Nawrocki, Sergiusz |
author_facet | Kasprzycka, Karolina Kurzawa, Marta Kucharz, Malgorzata Godawska, Monika Oleksa, Marta Stawowy, Marta Slupinska-Borowka, Katarzyna Sznek, Wiktoria Gisterek, Iwona Boratyn-Nowicka, Agnieszka Rucinska, Monika Osowiecka, Karolina Nawrocki, Sergiusz |
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description | Background: The use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is common amongst cancer patients. The aim of the study was to investigate the use of CAM, beliefs about CAM and the purpose of using it amongst Polish cancer patients. Methods: The study included 864 cancer patients (median 63 years old), who were individually interviewed. The questionnaire was designed specifically for this study. Results: Amongst 732 patients who declared that they heard about CAM, 342 patients (46.7%) had used CAM; 91% of these patients had used it as a complementary therapy and 9% had used it as an alternative therapy. Patients younger in age, highly educated, professionally active, with longer medical history, and at more advanced cancer stages have, statistically, used CAM more often; 66% of participants could not state what the health effect of CAM is. Patients received information about CAM from the internet, friends, family and other patients. Only 18% of patients discussed using CAM with a doctor. Conclusions: CAM was popular amongst Polish cancer patients, especially in younger, educated and professionally active patients with longer cancer history at advanced stage. Patients used CAM as a complementary therapy for strengthening immune system, improving morphological and biochemical test parameters, reducing the side effects of conventional therapy and improving their well-being. |
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spelling | pubmed-88356862022-02-12 Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use in Hospitalized Cancer Patients—Study from Silesia, Poland Kasprzycka, Karolina Kurzawa, Marta Kucharz, Malgorzata Godawska, Monika Oleksa, Marta Stawowy, Marta Slupinska-Borowka, Katarzyna Sznek, Wiktoria Gisterek, Iwona Boratyn-Nowicka, Agnieszka Rucinska, Monika Osowiecka, Karolina Nawrocki, Sergiusz Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Background: The use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is common amongst cancer patients. The aim of the study was to investigate the use of CAM, beliefs about CAM and the purpose of using it amongst Polish cancer patients. Methods: The study included 864 cancer patients (median 63 years old), who were individually interviewed. The questionnaire was designed specifically for this study. Results: Amongst 732 patients who declared that they heard about CAM, 342 patients (46.7%) had used CAM; 91% of these patients had used it as a complementary therapy and 9% had used it as an alternative therapy. Patients younger in age, highly educated, professionally active, with longer medical history, and at more advanced cancer stages have, statistically, used CAM more often; 66% of participants could not state what the health effect of CAM is. Patients received information about CAM from the internet, friends, family and other patients. Only 18% of patients discussed using CAM with a doctor. Conclusions: CAM was popular amongst Polish cancer patients, especially in younger, educated and professionally active patients with longer cancer history at advanced stage. Patients used CAM as a complementary therapy for strengthening immune system, improving morphological and biochemical test parameters, reducing the side effects of conventional therapy and improving their well-being. MDPI 2022-01-30 /pmc/articles/PMC8835686/ /pubmed/35162621 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19031600 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Kasprzycka, Karolina Kurzawa, Marta Kucharz, Malgorzata Godawska, Monika Oleksa, Marta Stawowy, Marta Slupinska-Borowka, Katarzyna Sznek, Wiktoria Gisterek, Iwona Boratyn-Nowicka, Agnieszka Rucinska, Monika Osowiecka, Karolina Nawrocki, Sergiusz Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use in Hospitalized Cancer Patients—Study from Silesia, Poland |
title | Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use in Hospitalized Cancer Patients—Study from Silesia, Poland |
title_full | Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use in Hospitalized Cancer Patients—Study from Silesia, Poland |
title_fullStr | Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use in Hospitalized Cancer Patients—Study from Silesia, Poland |
title_full_unstemmed | Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use in Hospitalized Cancer Patients—Study from Silesia, Poland |
title_short | Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use in Hospitalized Cancer Patients—Study from Silesia, Poland |
title_sort | complementary and alternative medicine use in hospitalized cancer patients—study from silesia, poland |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8835686/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35162621 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19031600 |
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