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Complementary and alternative medicine use at a single pediatric inflammatory bowel disease center
Gastroenterology nursing : the official journal of the Society of Gastroenterology Nurses and Associates
Short Title: Gastroenterol.Nurs.
Format: Journal Article
Publication Date: Nov 30, 2013
Pages: 265 - 271
Sources ID: 32836
Notes: LR: 20140801; JID: 8915377; 2014/08/01 06:00 [entrez]; 2014/08/01 06:00 [pubmed]; 2016/07/29 06:00 [medline]; ppublish
Visibility: Public (group default)
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The aim of this study was to determine the use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in an inflammatory bowel disease population at a single pediatric center. The secondary aims were to determine predictors of CAM use and assess parental attitude to CAM use. A survey was developed that was distributed electronically and given out in the clinic. Two hundred thirty-five surveys were analyzed. Thirty-six percent of respondents reported that their children had used CAM, while 19.6% were current users. Sixty-three percent of respondents were "extremely" or "very supportive" of CAM and 57.6% would have been "extremely" or "very supportive" at the time of their children's diagnosis. The most commonly used CAM modalities were fish oil (48.8%), probiotics (22.5%), acupuncture/pressure (17.5%), aloe (16.3%), yoga/meditation (16.3%), chiropractic (12%), and herbal medicine (13.8%). Multivariate analysis revealed 2 independent factors predictive of subjects using CAM: use of biologics (odds ratio of 2.8; p = .008) and subjects' parent using CAM (odds ratio of 10.9; p