Use of complementary and alternative medicine among breast cancer patients in Hungary: A descriptive study

Sárváry, Andrea; Sárváry, Attila

doi:10.1016/j.ctcp.2019.02.013

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“…Although the relationship between type of health insurance and the prevalence of using CAM was not significant, study findings showed that the highest percentage of CAM use was among patients who relied on government (public) insurance (92.2%) and those who were uninsured (5.2%). This is in line with other studies that showed that CAM use was related to economic gradient [45].…”

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confidence: 93%

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Purpose of the study: This study aimed to determine the use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) and its associated demographic factors among breast cancer patients in Jordan. Methods:A cross-sectional study was conducted. Patient demographic and clinical characteristics were collected using a self-administered survey that included practices and CAM therapies used in Jordan.Findings: Two hundred and fifty-six participants between 18 and 65 years completed the questionnaire. Fifty percent of patients used more than one CAM therapy. The most commonly used CAM therapy was listening to the holy book, followed by herbal treatment, and nutritional therapy. The use of CAM was influenced by income, education, and marital status. Conclusion:CAM use was found to be higher among well educated, married, and economically stable patients. The high prevalence of spiritual and nutritional CAM practices indicates that patients need psychological support to ease their unpleasant symptoms. Although cancer patients contemplate CAM therapies as important and favorable treatment, some CAM therapies can have a lethal effect on the patient's health outcomes. The high prevalence of using CAM therapies among breast cancer patients in Jordan oblige the need to boost awareness among health practitioners' and necessitates the need for patient's education regarding unsafe and lethal CAM practices. Future studies might investigate the physiological effect of CAM therapies on the patient's symptoms and health outcomes to report evidence of its effectiveness. More studies should investigate the potential side effects and possible interactions between CAM therapies and conventional treatment.

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“…As in previous research, education was significantly associated with CAM use [11,44,45]. This may be largely due to lack of education leading to rigidity in thinking.…”

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“…Most often, the patients chose vitamin C, green tea, vitamin D and curcuma. Similar results were obtained in the studies carried out by Stanisz et al [16], Stan et al [13], Kwon et al [20], Kessel et al [21], Sárváryi et al [22] and King et al [23].…”

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“…According to the studies conducted by Stanisz et al [16] and Wode et al [28], the complementary and alternative medicine is more often used by younger patients, below the age 45, while Bauml et al [29], Garland et al [31] and Ali-Shtayeh et al [33] report that the age of 65 or below determined a higher frequency of using CAM [26,28,30].Sárváry et al [22] report that residents of towns or cities use complementary medicine more often than the residents of villages(89,8% and 76.5% respectively).…”

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Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Patients with Cancer and their Relationship with Health Behaviours: A Cross-Sectional Study

Ślusarska¹,

Jędrzejewska²,

Szlachetka³

2020

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An increasing number of persons with cancer decide to choose complementary and alternative medicine. The purpose of the paper was to check the status of the use of complementary and alternative medicine methods in oncological patients and to compare health behaviours of patients using Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) with those using neither of these methods. The studies were conducted from August till January 2020 in the Oncology Center in the south-eastern Poland. A cross-sectional study was conducted in a group of 208 oncological patients. The authors' own questionnaire and the standardized Health Behaviour Inventory were used. Most of the patients (85,09%) declared that they used complementary and alternative medicine methods. The most common methods chosen by the respondents included vitamin C, green tea and prayer. The vast majority of the respondents did not inform their oncologist about the use of CAM. 45,19% of the respondents had a high rate of health behaviours. It was observed that there was no communication related to the use of CAM among the patients and healthcare staff. Patients using CAM demonstrated more positive health behaviours than those who were not using these methods.

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“…In patients having chronic diseases like asthma and COPD, integrative medicines usage could becoming increasingly, and it might change with respect to geographical region and culture 12 . The most commonly used integrative medicines methods in various studies in Turkey are reported to be herbal treatments 10,[34][35][36][37] . In this study, we found that 29.7% of patients use integrative medicines therapies and is the most frequently used of the herbal and religious practices.…”

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Use of integrative medicines by chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients and its relation with hopelessness levels

Muz

Döner

Şamdanli

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Cukurova Medical Journal

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Increase in chronic diseases significantly increases the use of integrative medicines in symptom management. This study aims to determine the use of integrative medicines and the levels of hopelessness of individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Material and Methods: This descriptive and crosssectional study was conducted in a chest disease services with 259 COPD's patients. Data were collected with the Questionnaire Form and Beck's Hopelessness Scale. Results: Of the participants, the most common integrative medicine was herbal methods (66.2%). The hopelessness level of the group using integrative medicine was high, but the difference between the groups was not statistically significant. The participants received information about the use of integrative methods from TV, radio and magazine and used integrative methods in symptom management. Conclusion:The most common integrative medicine used was herbal methods. In addition, level of hopelessness did not affect integrative medicine's usage.The results of such findings are to identify the causes of integrative medicine use and to ensure education for healthcare professionals. Amaç: Kronik hastalıkların artması semptom yönetiminde integratif yöntemlerin kullanımını önemli ölçüde arttırmaktadır. Bu çalışma, Kronik Obstrüktif Akciğer Hastalığı (KOAH) olan bireylerin integratif uygulamaları kullanımını ve umutsuzluk düzeylerini belirlemeyi amaçlamaktadır. Gereç ve Yöntem: Kesitsel ve tanımlayıcı nitelikteki bu çalışma, bir devlet hastanesinin göğüs hastalıkları hizmetlerinde yürütülmüştür. Veriler Anket Formu ve Beck'in Umutsuzluk Ölçeği ile toplanmıştır. Bulgular:Katılımcıların %29,7'sinin integratif uygulamaları kullandığı, en sık görülen integratif uygulamaların bitkisel yöntemler olduğu (%66,2) saptandı. İntegratif uygulamaları kullanan grubun umutsuzluk düzeyi yüksekti, ancak gruplar arasındaki fark istatistiksel olarak anlamlı değildi. Katılımcılar integratif uygulamaların kullanımı ile ilgili bilgiyi TV, radyo ve magazinden aldığı ve intagratif uygulamları en fazla semptom yönetiminde kullandıkları belirlenmiştir. Sonuç: En sık görülen integratif uygulamalar bitkisel yöntemlerin olduğu, ayrıca umutsuzluk düzeyinin integratif uygulama kullanımını etkilemediği belirlenmiştir. Bu bulguların sonuçları doğrultusunda, integratif uygulama nedenlerini tanımlamak ve sağlık profesyonellerinin bu alanda hastalara eğitim vermesi önerilebilir.

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Use of complementary and alternative medicine among breast cancer patients in Hungary: A descriptive study

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