Edited by Torkel Falkenberg
This section covers research reporting patterns of use, knowledge and attitudes regarding complementary and alternative therapies.
Edited by Torkel Falkenberg
This section covers research reporting patterns of use, knowledge and attitudes regarding complementary and alternative therapies.
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Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) are increasingly using complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) therapies due to difficulty in adhering to the therapeutic regimens and lifestyle changes neces...
Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2014 14:185
The purpose of this study was to explore the experiences of cancer patients’ utilising complementary and integrative therapies (CIT) within integrative oncology centres across Western Australia.
Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2014 14:158
Although a number of studies have been conducted on the prevalence of dietary supplement (DS) use in military personnel, these investigations have not been previously summarized. This article provides a system...
Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2014 14:143
The use of complementary alternative medicine (CAM) is potentially prevalent among paediatric patients with chronic diseases but with variable rates among different age groups, diseases and countries. There ar...
Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2014 14:124
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), reproductive health problems are the leading cause of morbidity and mortality for women in Africa. In spite of this scenario and the importance of plants in Af...
Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2014 14:113
There has been a global rise in the use of natural health products (NHPs). Proper regulation of NHPs is pivotal to ensure good quality control standards, enhance consumers' safety and facilitate their integrat...
Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2014 14:105
Race has been reported to affect the use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), but there is very little research on the use of CAM by ethnicity in Korea. This study explores the prevalence of CAM us...
Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2014 14:103
Medication regimes are often poorly adhered to, and the negative consequences of this are well recognised. The dynamics underlying non-adherence are less understood. This paper examines adherence to prescripti...
Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2014 14:93
Chinese herbal medicine (CHM) has been commonly used for treating osteoarthritis in Asia for centuries. This study aimed to conduct a large-scale pharmaco-epidemiologic study and evaluate the frequency and pat...
Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2014 14:91
The National Institutes of Health reported in 2007 that approximately 38% of United States adults have used at least one type of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM). There are no studies available tha...
Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2014 14:85
Most users of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) combine it with conventional medicine. Recent risk assessment studies have shown risks of negative interactions between CAM and conventional medicine,...
Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2014 14:59
Chronic insomnia is a major public health problem affecting approximately 10% of adults. Use of meditation and yoga to develop mindful awareness (‘mindfulness training’) may be an effective approach to treat c...
Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2014 14:50
The use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is widespread and high utilization rates are associated with people who have chronic conditions like hypertension which management requires adherence to ...
Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2014 14:44
Infertility is a public health problem associated with devastating psychosocial consequences. In countries where infertility care is difficult to access, women turn to herbal medicines to achieve parenthood. T...
Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2014 14:27
As breast cancer patients increasingly use complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), clinical trials are needed to guide appropriate clinical use. We sought to identify socio-demographic, clinical and psyc...
Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2014 14:7
The use of complementary and alternative medicines (CAM) is growing in the general population. Herbal medicines are used in all countries of the world and are included in the top CAM therapies used.
Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2013 13:355
Although traditional medicine (TM) in South Korea is included in the national health care system, it is considered complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), and not mainstream medicine. Therefore, the lack...
Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2013 13:340
Although over-the-counter traditional Chinese herbal medicine (COTC) is commonly used to treat everyday illness in many parts of the world, no population-based study has been done to examine the prevalence and...
Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2013 13:336
There is little understanding of the reasons for the limited communication between patients and conventional healthcare professionals regarding patients’ use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). Th...
Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2013 13:319
Main concerns for lactating women about medications include the safety of their breastfed infants and the potential effects of medication on quantity and quality of breast milk. While medicine treatments inclu...
Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2013 13:317
Use of alternative medicine for chronic diseases such as hypertension is common in low as well as high income countries. This study estimated the proportion of people who were aware of their hypertension that ...
Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2013 13:301
Different patient groups are known to use herbal remedies and conventional drugs concomitantly (co-use). This poses a potential risk of herb-drug interaction through altering the drug’s pharmacokinetics or pha...
Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2013 13:295
Community acupuncture is a recent innovation in acupuncture service delivery in the U.S. that aims to improve access to care through low-cost treatments in group-based settings. Patients at community acupunctu...
Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2013 13:293
Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is commonly used in China for the management of coronary artery disease (CAD). However, few studies have been conducted to investigate the prevalence, perceived eff...
Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2013 13:287
Ginkgo biloba drugs (Gb) are reimbursed within the German statutory health insurance (SHI) scheme for treatment of dementia. In 2008, a novel Gb product containing 240 mg Ginkgo extract EGb761® per tablet was in...
Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2013 13:278
Nested qualitative studies within clinical trials provide data on patients’ experiences of receiving trial interventions and can inform and improve trial designs. The present study explored patients’ experienc...
Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2013 13:260
Obesity is associated with knee pain and is an independent predictor of incident knee osteoarthritis (OA); increased pain with movement often leads patients to adopt sedentary lifestyles to avoid pain. Detaile...
Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2013 13:241
While older adults may seek care for low back pain (LBP) from both medical doctors (MDs) and doctors of chiropractic (DCs), co-management between these providers is uncommon. The purposes of this study were to...
Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2013 13:225
Complementary medicines (CMs) are widely used by women. Although, women in Australia are frequent users of CM, few studies have examined their utilisation by women attending a family planning service. The aim ...
Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2013 13:224
Breast cancer survivors who participate in physical activity (PA) are reported to experience improved health-related quality of life (HRQOL). However, the quantitative research exploring the relationship betwe...
Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2013 13:205
Over 50% of adults currently use dietary supplements (DS) but manufacturers do not have to prove the safety or efficacy of a DS before it is marketed. Therefore, consumers may be exposed to inaccurate DS infor...
Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2013 13:200
Yoga seems to be an effective means to cope with a variety of internalmedicine conditions. While characteristics of yoga users have beeninvestigated in the general population, little is known about predictors ...
Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2013 13:172
In order to effectively target and provide individualised patient support strategies it is crucial to have a comprehensive picture of those presenting for services. The purpose of this study was to determine t...
Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2013 13:169
There are few studies of the prevalence and patterns of herbal and dietary supplement (HDS) use in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), although many researchers and health professionals worldwide have ...
Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2013 13:153
Limited study on the use of complementary alternative medicine (CAM) among patients with diabetes mellitus (DM), particularly in primary -care settings. This study seeks to understand the prevalence, types, ex...
Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2013 13:148
Personalised (or individualised) medicine in the days of genetic researchrefers to molecular biologic specifications in individuals and not to aresponse to individual patient needs in the sense of person-centr...
Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2013 13:124
Patients’ expectations of osteopathic care have been little researched. The aim of this study was to quantify the most important expectations of patients in private UK osteopathic practices, and the extent to ...
Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2013 13:122
Traditional Japanese Medicine (Kampo) is often used in Japan, but very little data on its users are available. We investigated who uses Kampo, the reasons and opinions for its use.
Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2013 13:108
Like any other form of healthcare, acupuncture takes place in a particular context which can enhance or diminish treatment outcomes (i.e. can produce contextual effects). Patients’ expectations of acupuncture ...
Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2013 13:102
Research suggests that since the collapse of the Soviet Union there has been a sharp growth in the use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in some former Soviet countries. However, as yet, comparat...
Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2013 13:83
The use of complementary and alternative medicines (CAM) and CAM practitioners is common, most frequently for the management of musculoskeletal conditions. Knowledge is limited about the use of CAM practitione...
Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2013 13:73
In South Africa, over 6 million people are hypertensive and the burden of disease shows that cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the leading cause of death among adults. Although treatments exist, few people co...
Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2013 13:38
Although there is little information available to quantify the use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), growing evidence suggests that CAM prevalence among patients seeking infertility treatment is...
Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2013 13:35
There is widespread use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) in Ghana, driven by cultural consideration and paradigm to disease causation. Whether there is concurrent use of conventional medicine an...
Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2013 13:16
Some researchers think that patients with higher expectations for CAM therapies experience better outcomes and that enthusiastic providers can enhance treatment outcomes. This is in contrast to evidence sugges...
Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:234
The use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) continues to increase in Taiwan. This study examined the use of CAM and beliefs about CAM as expressed by patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) in T...
Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:211
Over 30% of individuals use natural health products (NHPs) for osteoarthritis-related pain. The Deficit Model for the Public Understanding of Science suggests that if individuals are given more information (es...
Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:198
The overall prevalence of complementary medicine (CM) use among adults in the United States with diabetes has been examined both in representative national samples and in more restricted populations. However, ...
Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:193
Complementary medicines (CMs) are widely used by the Australian public, and pharmacies are major suppliers of these medicines. The integration of CMs into pharmacy practice is well documented, but the behaviou...
Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:183
United States Army Soldiers regularly use dietary supplements (DS) to promote general health, enhance muscle strength, and increase energy, but limited scientific evidence supports the use of many DS for these...
Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:182