Jensen P
Hudavdelingen, Rikshospitalet, Oslo.
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen. 1990 Sep 20;110(22):2869-72.
In a questionnaire study at a university hospital in Norway, 227 of 444 patients with atopic dermatitis (51.1%) and 215 of 506 patients with psoriasis (42.5%) reported previous or current use of one or more form of alternative medicine. Most used were homoeopathy, health food preparations and herbal remedies. The use was related to the disease duration and severity of the disease and, among the atopic dermatitis patients, lack of effective treatment by physicians, as judged by the patients. The patients also reported on their motivation for alternative medicine, their source of information on such, and its effect. The use of alternative medicine is commonplace and should be of concern to all physicians. The study emphasizes the need for documentation of the effects of alternative therapies.
在挪威一家大学医院进行的一项问卷调查研究中，444例特应性皮炎患者中有227例（51.1%），506例银屑病患者中有215例（42.5%）报告曾使用或正在使用一种或多种形式的替代医学。最常用的是顺势疗法、保健食品制剂和草药疗法。这种使用与疾病持续时间和疾病严重程度有关，在特应性皮炎患者中，根据患者的判断，还与医生缺乏有效治疗有关。患者还报告了他们使用替代医学的动机、获取相关信息的来源及其效果。替代医学的使用很普遍，所有医生都应予以关注。该研究强调了记录替代疗法效果的必要性。
