A cross-sectional study of complementary and alternative medicine use in patients with coagulation disorders in Southern Iran

Bordbar, Mohammadreza; Pasalar, Mehdi; Aresehiri, Rezvan; Haghpanah, Sezaneh; Zareifar, Soheila; Amirmoezi, Fatemeh

doi:10.1016/s2095-4964(17)60343-1

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“…The prevalence of CAM use also varied among specific disease populations, such as patients with diabetes mellitus (ranging from 37 % to 86 %), multiple sclerosis (67.9 %–85 %), dyslipidemia (77.4 %), thalassemia (68 %), coagulation disorders (49.3 %), cancer (35 %), and dermatological diseases (31 %). These differences in CAM use may be attributed to cultural factors, availability of CAM modalities, and the health status of individuals [ 23 , [30] , [31] , [32] , [33] , [34] , [35] , [36] , [37] ]. Anbari and Ghanadi [ 38 ] reported a lifetime CAM use of approximately 80 % among clients over 15 years old referred to health centers and hospitals in Khorramabad .…”

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Prevalence, patterns, and disclosure of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use among patients with thyroid diseases: A cross-sectional study in Iran

Ostovar,

Shams,

Mahmoudi

et al. 2024

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Prevalence, patterns, and disclosure of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use among patients with thyroid diseases: A cross-sectional study in Iran

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Mahmoudi

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“…But this rate was lower in our study. Some differences between studies are due to various methods used and different studied disorders as well as the knowledge level in this era among Iranian patients [24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36].…”

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Alternative Medicine’ Complaints Lodged to the Tehran Forensic Medicine Organization From 2011 to 2017

Hadi

Divshaly

Azimy

et al. 2020

Int J Med Toxicol Forensic Med

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Background: Complementary and alternative medicine is a non-conventional therapy and includes a wide range of medical treatments in different countries. This study was done to evaluate alternative medicine complaints lodged to the Tehran Forensic Medicine Organization from 2011-2017.Methods: In this cross-sectional study, all documented complaints of complementary medicine lodged to the Tehran Forensic Medicine Organization from 2011-2017 were reviewed and assessed with retrospective follow-up. The inclusion criterion was complaints from complementary and alternative medicine, and the exclusion criterion was incomplete data. The study data included patients’ demographic data, the therapist, the specialty of the therapist, type of disease, treatment method, adverse effects, the initial and final decision by the commission, and the amount of medical error. This information was extracted from the existing documents and recoded in the checklists.Results: Medical errors were found in 53.4% of the complaints examined. The most common cause of complaint (63%) was the adverse effects, of which the most common ones were phytotherapy (45.2%) and cupping (Hijama) (20.5%). The error was significantly different between physician and non-physician healers (P=0.001).Conclusion: Based on this study, among the alternative medicine complaints lodged to the Tehran Forensic Medicine Organization from 2011-2017, the adverse effects were the main problem of complementary therapies confirmed in more than half of the complaints.

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“…Tendency to use folklore, complementary and integrative medicine is prominent among the Iranian population, especially in patients 11,12 . In this regard, many people with chronic disorders, such as several dermatological conditions, have resorted to the use of integrative and complementary medicine, natural and herbal remedies, acupressure, acupuncture, exercise and psychological and nutritional approaches to control the symptoms of the diseases 13‐16 …”

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“…11,12 In this regard, many people with chronic disorders, such as several dermatological conditions, have resorted to the use of integrative and complementary medicine, natural and herbal remedies, acupressure, acupuncture, exercise and psychological and nutritional approaches to control the symptoms of the diseases. [13][14][15][16] To the best of our knowledge, despite the high number of patients with dermatologic conditions who were referred to TPM clinics, epidemiological studies have not been conducted on these patients in the Iranian population. In this survey, we decided to assess the epidemiological characteristics in patients with any dermatological conditions referring to TPM clinic affiliated to Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Southern Iran.…”

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Epidemiological factors in patients with dermatologic conditions referring to the clinic of traditional Persian Medicine: A cross‐sectional study

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Introduction Many patients with chronic diseases often use traditional medicine, as well as conventional medicine. The aim of this study was to evaluate the epidemiological factors of patients with dermatological conditions referring to traditional Persian Medicine (TPM) clinic. Materials and Methods In this cross‐sectional study, we reviewed all the patients’ medical documents, from March 2018 to March 2019, with dermatological conditions referred to the TPM clinic at Shiraz, Southern Iran. Then, the epidemiological factors of the patients were recorded in a researcher‐made data collection form. SPSS software version 22 was used to analyse the data. Results Overall, 631 patients consisting of 151 (23.9%) males and 580 (76.1%) females were enrolled in the study. Most of the patients were aged from 31 to 40 years, 347 (55%) patients were married, and most of them were housewives. The frequency of patients in the spring was higher than in other seasons. Furthermore, most of the patients were university educated. Acne, eczema and hair loss were the three most complaints of the patients who were referred to the traditional medicine clinic. 301(47.7%) patients reported gastrointestinal problems as another complaint concomitant with their skin problems. Conclusion It seems that women with skin problems, including acne, eczema, and hair loss, were more likely to refer to the TPM clinic. Therefore, the development of TPM clinics in the dermatology field as a scientific and academic approach can be effective in the treatment of patients with dermatological conditions accompanied by traditional medicine.

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A cross-sectional study of complementary and alternative medicine use in patients with coagulation disorders in Southern Iran

Cited by 5 publications

References 34 publications

Prevalence, patterns, and disclosure of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use among patients with thyroid diseases: A cross-sectional study in Iran

Prevalence, patterns, and disclosure of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use among patients with thyroid diseases: A cross-sectional study in Iran

Alternative Medicine’ Complaints Lodged to the Tehran Forensic Medicine Organization From 2011 to 2017

Epidemiological factors in patients with dermatologic conditions referring to the clinic of traditional Persian Medicine: A cross‐sectional study

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