Wilkinson Jenny M, Tinley Paul
School of Biomedical Sciences, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, Australia.
J Am Podiatr Med Assoc. 2009 Mar-Apr;99(2):121-8. doi: 10.7547/0980121.
Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is one of the fastest growing areas of health care. This has necessitated an increased awareness and understanding of CAM by conventional health professionals.
A questionnaire seeking information about use of and attitudes toward CAM was mailed to 1,365 Australian podiatric physicians.
Ninety-one percent of Australian podiatric physicians surveyed have used at least one CAM therapy in the past 12 months, and 93% have treated patients with CAM or have recommended its use to patients. Overall, the respondents rated their knowledge of various CAM therapies as "average," and responses on the CAM Health Belief Questionnaire indicated that respondents tended not to endorse CAM health beliefs, with statements about CAM therapies being seen as "a threat to public safety" and effects being "usually due to the placebo effect" producing the strongest responses.
Complementary and alternative medicine therapies are already being used in podiatric medical practice, and there are significant opportunities for further research into CAM education and clinical research relevant to podiatric medicine.
补充和替代医学（CAM）是医疗保健领域中发展最快的领域之一。这就需要传统医疗专业人员提高对补充和替代医学的认识和理解。
向1365名澳大利亚足病医生邮寄了一份关于补充和替代医学使用情况及态度的调查问卷。
接受调查的澳大利亚足病医生中有91%在过去12个月内至少使用过一种补充和替代医学疗法，93%曾用补充和替代医学治疗过患者或向患者推荐过其使用。总体而言，受访者将他们对各种补充和替代医学疗法的了解程度评为“一般”，补充和替代医学健康信念问卷的回答表明，受访者往往不认可补充和替代医学的健康信念，对于“对公众安全构成威胁”以及“通常归因于安慰剂效应”的补充和替代医学疗法表述，反应最为强烈。
补充和替代医学疗法已在足病医疗实践中得到应用，在与足病医学相关的补充和替代医学教育及临床研究方面，有大量进一步研究的机会。
