Prevalence of complementary/alternative medicines (CAMs) in a cancer population in northern Italy receiving antineoplastic treatments and relationship with quality of life and psychometric features

Saini, Andrea; Berruti, Alfredo; Capogna, Serena; Negro, Manuela; Sguazzotti, Erica; Picci, Rocco Luigi; Campagna, Sara; Dongiovanni, Vincenzo; Dogliotti, Luigi; Furlan, Pier Maria; Ostacoli, Luca

doi:10.1007/s11136-010-9795-1

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“…Similarly, a study done in Korea by Kang et al [34] and in Germany by Tautz et al [33] found out that the global QoL of breast cancer patients between CAM consumers and nonconsumers was not different. In contrast to our finding, several previous studies [13,14] found that CAM users had a lower QoL than non-CAM users.…”

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“…In recent years, studies have been conducted on CAM use and QoL and most of the studies, despite variation in study methods and definition of CAM, reported no statistically significant differences in QoL between CAM consumers and nonconsumers [10][11][12]. However, some studies reported that CAM users have a lower overall QoL than non-CAM consumers [13,14].…”

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Complementary and Alternative Medicine use and Its Association with Quality of Life Among Cancer Patients Receiving Chemotherapy in Ethiopia: A Cross Sectional Study

2016

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Background. Today, complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use is being routinely practiced by cancer patients worldwide. This study aimed at examining the prevalence of CAM use in patients with cancer and comparing the quality of life (QoL) in CAM users and nonusers. Methods. A cross-sectional study was employed on 195 cancer patients receiving chemotherapy at Gondar University Referral Hospital (GURH) chemotherapy center. Interviewer-administered questionnaires were used and the collected data were analyzed by the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) software version 21.0 for Windows. Results. 154 (79%) patients were found to be users of CAM. Educational status, average monthly income, disease stage, and comorbidity were strong predictors of use of CAM. The most commonly utilized types of CAM were traditional herbal based medicine (72.1%) and only 20.8% of patients discuss with their doctors CAM use. No significant difference was found in QoL between CAM users and nonusers except in financial difficulties ( = 0.020). Conclusions. This study revealed a high rate of CAM use with very low disclosure rate to their health care providers. Health care providers should be open to discuss the use of CAM with their patients as it will lead to better health outcome.

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Complementary and Alternative Medicine use and Its Association with Quality of Life Among Cancer Patients Receiving Chemotherapy in Ethiopia: A Cross Sectional Study

2016

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“…In addition a history of depression/anxiety was also associated with increased use. This finding adds to the mixed literature on this topic [26,29]. Mental health problems may both precipitate and be affected by CHA use.…”

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“…Factors that enable or impede use, such as having health insurance [23,24] and financial resources [12] are generally found to be associated with higher rates of CHA use. In addition, some need characteristics (i.e., type and severity of disease [25,26], use of conventional care [26, 27], perceived quality of care [28]) are not typically associated with overall use of CHA, whereas others tend to be associated with increased use of CHA (i.e., experience of symptoms [5,25,26], more co-morbidities [14]), or have mixed results (i.e., physical health [14,18,29], mental health [14,18,29], perceived control [18,30]).…”

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Characteristics associated with the use of complementary health approaches among long-term cancer survivors

Sohl

Weaver

Birdee

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Purpose To identify the prevalence and characteristics of long-term adult cancer survivors who use complementary health approaches (CHA). Methods Participants completed the Follow-up Care Use Among Survivors (FOCUS) Survey, a cross-sectional investigation of long-term cancer survivors. Use of CHA and reasons for use were assessed. A multivariable logistic regression model was applied to identify if predisposing, enabling and need characteristics described in the Complementary and Alternative Medicine Healthcare Model were associated with CHA use in the past year. Results Long-term cancer survivors in the study (N=1,666) were predominately female (62%) and older (mean age=69.5), with breast, prostate, colorectal, ovarian and endometrial cancers. Thirty-three percent of survivors used CHA in the past year. Common reasons for CHA use were: to relieve stress (28%), treat or prevent cancer (21%), relieve cancer-related symptoms (18%), and deal with another condition (18%). Predisposing (i.e., higher optimism) and need factors (i.e., experienced cancer-related symptoms, ever had depression/anxiety) were significantly associated with CHA (p-values <0.05). Enabling factors (i.e., insurance coverage, financial resources) were not. Conclusions Cancer survivors continue to report a high prevalence of recent CHA use more than five years after initial diagnosis. Healthcare providers should be aware of increased use of CHA among subgroups of long-term cancer survivors in order to guide safe and optimal use.

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“…Several studies exist in the literature examining the relationship between CAM use and QOL. [16][17][18][19][20][21] It is reported that a large proportion of cancer patients use CAM to improve their QOL and to deal with the symptoms produced by their treatment. [22][23][24][25][26] Quality of life is an individual's perception of health and is a subjective term.…”

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Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine and Quality of Life of Cancer Patients

Korkmaz

Tavşanlı

Özçelik

2016

Holistic Nursing Practice

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A large proportion of cancer patients use complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) to extend their quality of life. The purpose of this study was to determine the level of CAM use by patients undergoing cancer treatment. The study was conducted in Turkey at a large state university hospital and a government hospital between March and December 2013. The research sample consisted of a total of 147 cancer patients undergoing either chemotherapy or radiotherapy. Data collection was performed using a Patient Description Form and the EUROHIS (WHOQOL-8.Tr) quality-of-life scale through face-to-face interviews. The use of CAM, green tea (28.00 ± 4.24), and garlic (29.00 ± 0.00), as well as the use of a combination of plant products such as pomegranate juice, pollen, and herbal tea (31.25 ± 5.96), not feeling the need to inform the physician of the use of CAM, regular use of CAM, finding CAM use effective, and suggesting CAM use to others were found to have a statistically significant relationship to average quality-of-life scores (P < 0.05). This study could be used to develop holistic nursing interventions and CAM use by patients undergoing cancer treatment.

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Prevalence of complementary/alternative medicines (CAMs) in a cancer population in northern Italy receiving antineoplastic treatments and relationship with quality of life and psychometric features

Abstract: CAM use is less prevalent in northern Italy than in most other European countries. CAM users were found to have a lower quality of life than CAM non-users.

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Complementary and Alternative Medicine use and Its Association with Quality of Life Among Cancer Patients Receiving Chemotherapy in Ethiopia: A Cross Sectional Study

Complementary and Alternative Medicine use and Its Association with Quality of Life Among Cancer Patients Receiving Chemotherapy in Ethiopia: A Cross Sectional Study

Characteristics associated with the use of complementary health approaches among long-term cancer survivors

Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine and Quality of Life of Cancer Patients

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