Gentil Luiza Borges, Robles Ana Carolina Couto, Grosseman Suely
Prefeitura Municipal de Santo Amaro da Imperatriz, SC, Brazil.
Cien Saude Colet. 2010 Jun;15 Suppl 1:1293-9. doi: 10.1590/s1413-81232010000700038.
The objective of this article is to evaluate the use of complementary therapies by mothers in their children. A cross-sectional and descriptive study with 202 mothers of children that attended an University Hospital were interviewed. The variables analyzed were: use of complementary therapies/reasons, therapies used its purpose, effects, doctor's revelation/reasons and doctor's reaction. The prevalence of complementary therapies use was of 87.6%. Among the 177 mothers that used complementary therapies, many mentioned more than one kind, as follow: teas (72.8%), blessings (41%), sympathies (12.9%), homemade remedies/syrups (8.4%), prayer/promises (7.4%), homeopathy (4.0%), spiritual/parapsychological treatment (4.0%), mixture of unknown substances/"garrafada" (bottled) (3%), massage (2%) and reiki/floral (1.5%). The most used herbs were anise (16.7%), chamomile (14.8%) and mint (10.9%); 57.6% of the mothers did not inform its use to the doctor. Out of 499 treatments employed, there was a perception of improvement in 429 (86%) and 2 reports of adverse effects. The prevalence of complementary therapies utilization was high, being teas the most utilized therapy and anise, chamomile and mint the most used herbs. There was perception of improvement in most of the used therapies.
本文的目的是评估母亲们在其子女身上使用补充疗法的情况。我们对一所大学医院的202名儿童的母亲进行了一项横断面描述性研究并进行了访谈。分析的变量包括：补充疗法的使用/原因、所使用的疗法及其目的、效果、告知医生的情况/原因以及医生的反应。补充疗法的使用率为87.6%。在177名使用补充疗法的母亲中，许多人提到使用了不止一种疗法，具体如下：茶（72.8%）、祝福（41%）、交感疗法（12.9%）、自制药物/糖浆（8.4%）、祈祷/许愿（7.4%）、顺势疗法（4.0%）、精神/超心理学治疗（4.0%）、不明物质混合物/“瓶装剂”（3%）、按摩（2%）和灵气/花疗（1.5%）。最常用的草药是茴芹（16.7%）、洋甘菊（14.8%）和薄荷（10.9%）；57.6%的母亲未将其使用情况告知医生。在499次治疗中，429次（86%）有改善的感觉，有2例不良反应报告。补充疗法的使用率很高，茶是最常用的疗法，茴芹、洋甘菊和薄荷是最常用的草药。大多数使用的疗法都有改善的感觉。
