In:
Complementary Medicine Research, S. Karger AG, Vol. 23, No. 4 ( 2016), p. 246-252
Kurzfassung:
〈 b 〉 〈 i 〉 Background: 〈 /i 〉 〈 /b 〉 Pediatric use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is popular in Europe, and utilization may be even more prevalent in chronically ill children/adolescents. This study's aim is to assess CAM use among adolescents with chronic conditions. 〈 b 〉 〈 i 〉 Methods: 〈 /i 〉 〈 /b 〉 Data on drug utilization (past 4 weeks) and consultation with CAM providers (past year) were collected using a self-administered questionnaire from 4,677 adolescents from the German GINIplus/LISAplus birth cohorts. All reported drugs were classified into therapeutic categories (conventional drugs, homeopathy, herbal drugs, etc.). Additionally, participants were asked to list any chronic diseases (that were parent-reported, physician-verified diagnoses such as allergies, atopic dermatitis, asthma, or other chronic diseases) that they had had over the previous 5 years. 〈 b 〉 〈 i 〉 Results: 〈 /i 〉 〈 /b 〉 Compared with the total sample, drug utilization in general (60.1% vs. 41.1%), homeopathy use (11.1% vs. 8.1%), and consultation with CAM providers (16.9% vs. 10.9%) was significantly more prevalent among chronically ill adolescents. However, chronically ill adolescents used relatively (proportion of the defined therapeutic category among all drugs used) more conventional drugs than healthy adolescents. 〈 b 〉 〈 i 〉 Conclusion: 〈 /i 〉 〈 /b 〉 Compared with healthy adolescents, CAM use is more prevalent among adolescents with chronic conditions. Nevertheless, CAM may predominantly be used as a complementary treatment option rather than substituting conventional drugs.
Materialart:
Online-Ressource
ISSN:
2504-2092
,
2504-2106
Sprache:
Englisch
Verlag:
S. Karger AG
Publikationsdatum:
2016
ZDB Id:
2888724-4
