Herbal Therapy Use in a Pediatric Emergency Department Population: Expect the Unexpected

Lanski, Steven L.; Greenwald, Michael; Perkins, Amanda; Simon, Harold K.

doi:10.1542/peds.111.5.981

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“…Nevertheless, these parents tended to select products with a natural source so as to avoid additives, while ignoring quality assurance guarantees such as the JHFA mark, which is an assurance of the quality of the products issued by the Japan Health Food and Nutrition Food Association. Consistent with a report in the United States (36), the use of supplements by Japanese children was based not on the advice of specialists but more frequently on consultation with friends and acquaintances. Furthermore, the parents who used the non-Vitamins/Mineral supplements were characterized by their intention to promote health and prevent disease.…”

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Use of Dietary Supplements among Preschool Children in Japan

Sato

Yamagishi

Hashimoto

et al. 2009

J Nutr Sci Vitaminol

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Summary This study was conducted to examine the characteristics and use of dietary supplements by preschool children in Japan. A survey was conducted among 2,125 parents of preschool children to discover the status of dietary supplement use and their attitudes towards supplement use by their children. Logistic regression models were used to determine which characteristics predict supplement use in this population. For detailed characterization, child supplement users were also categorized as either the users of vitamins and minerals only or the users of other supplement components. For parents of non-user children, the parent's knowledge and attitudes toward supplements for children were investigated. Fifteen percent of children had used dietary supplements. Two parent-related factors were especially important, the frequency with which they referred to nutritional labels and their own supplement use, which had a significant encouraging effect on their children's supplement use. The parents of child supplement users showed limited awareness of the government system concerning diet and food, placed safety over efficacy, selected products with natural ingredients, and did not seek consultations with professionals. These parents, especially those who were aware of the specially designed supplements for children, exhibited positive responses to supplement use by their children. It is likely that parents' knowledge and attitudes toward dietary supplements and nutrition have a striking effect on their children's use of supplements. Unfortunately, their knowledge at present was less than satisfactory. More accurate information on nutrition, dietary intake and dietary supplements must be disseminated.

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Use of Dietary Supplements among Preschool Children in Japan

Sato

Yamagishi

Hashimoto

et al. 2009

J Nutr Sci Vitaminol

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“…In the general pediatric population, studies show that the majority of parents do not disclose CAM use to their child's HCP (Cala, Crismon, & Baumgartner, 2003;Crawford et al, 2006;Heuschkel et al, 2002;Lanski, Greenwald, Perkins, & Simon, 2003;Madsen et al, 2003;Ottolini et al, 2001;Pitetti, Singh, Hornyak, Garcia, & Herr, 2001;Sawni-Sikand, Schubiner, & Thomas, 2002;Spigelblatt & Laine-Ammara, 1994;Wilson & Klein, 2002). The most frequently reported barriers to CAM disclosure, among the general population as well as families with children, were a feeling that the HCP did not need to know about CAM use, fear of a negative response from the HCP, and the HCP did not ask (Prussing, Sobo, Walker, Dennis, & Kurtin, 2004;Robinson & McGrail, 2004;Shaw, Thompson, & Sharp, 2006).…”

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Don't Ask, Don't Tell: Parental Nondisclosure of Complementary and Alternative Medicine and Over-the-Counter Medication Use in Children's Asthma Management

Sidora-Arcoleo¹,

Yoos²,

Kitzman³

et al. 2008

Journal of Pediatric Health Care

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“…A South Australian study reported that 33.5% of children received herbal products [6]. Lanski reported that in the USA, herbal product use during childhood was 53% for a single product and 27% for more than three products [12]. According to recent World Health Organization (WHO) data, herbal product usage reached 60% in Nigeria, Ghana, Mali and Zambia.…”

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“…e most common indication for CAM in the present study population was coughing (42.0%), gas pain or infantile colic (34.4%), diarrhea (30.0%) and abdominal pain (19.7%). Common indications for CAM in the literature were listed as self-limited diseases like upper respiratory tract infections (50%) in a southwest England study [17], the common cold (31%) in an American study [12]; and for upper airway complaints (20%) and dermatologic problems (18%) in a south Australian study [6]. Pediatricians should take into consideration the possibility that CAM modalities may be applied in children presenting with these complaints.…”

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Use of complementary and alternative medicine in a pediatric population in southern Turkey

Araz¹,

Bülbül²

2011

CIM

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Purpose: e use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in children is becoming increasingly acceptable and popular. e aim of this questionnaire-based study was to determine the prevalence, patterns of use, types, perceived e ectiveness and associated factors of CAM in children.Methods: Parents of children (n= 268) who attended the Pediatric Outpatient Department of the Faculty of Medicine at Gaziantep University in June and July 2008 were asked to complete a questionnaire.Results: e prevalence of CAM use, at least once in the previous year, was 58.6%. e most commonly used CAM modality was herbal preparations (82.7%), which were used to treat cough (42.0%), diarrhea (30.0%) and gas (colic) pains (34.4%). ese products were recommended by the respondents' mother/mother-in-law (52.5%), neighbors (20.0%), friends (14.7%) and doctors (12.8%). Only 31.6% (61) of these parents informed their doctor about their use of CAM to treat their children. irty-eight percent (n=102) of the participants stated that they preferred to use CAM modalities rather than referring to a doctor when their child was sick. While most of the families (57.7 %) stated that the method they used was "slightly" useful, 18.6% of them stated the method to be "fairly" useful. e parental use of CAM and the educational level of the parents were among the factors of a ecting the use of CAM in children. No correlation was found between the use of CAM and the sex, social security status, income level and other sociodemographic properties of the respondents.Conclusion: is study showed that a great majority of parents of children in this population used CAM modalities and that herbal products were preferred. Most parents did not inform their physicians of their use of CAM. In the light of these ndings, pediatricians should be prepared to discuss alternative therapies with parents, since talking about CAM may be helpful in minimizing associated risks.

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Herbal Therapy Use in a Pediatric Emergency Department Population: Expect the Unexpected

Cited by 117 publications

References 8 publications

Use of Dietary Supplements among Preschool Children in Japan

Use of Dietary Supplements among Preschool Children in Japan

Don't Ask, Don't Tell: Parental Nondisclosure of Complementary and Alternative Medicine and Over-the-Counter Medication Use in Children's Asthma Management

Use of complementary and alternative medicine in a pediatric population in southern Turkey

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