Integrative Oncology Program, The Oncology Service and Lin Medical Center, Clalit Health Services, Haifa and Western Galilee District, Haifa 35152, Israel.
Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2012;2012:401867. doi: 10.1155/2012/401867. Epub 2011 Dec 1.
In 2008, an Integrative Oncology Program (IOP), aiming to improve patients' quality of life during chemotherapy and advanced cancer, was launched within the Clalit Health Organization's oncology service at the Lin Medical Center, Haifa, Israel. The IOP clinical activity is documented using a research-based registry protocol. In this study, we present an analysis of the registry protocol of 15 Arab patients with cancer who were referred to the IOP. Analysis of patients' reported outcomes using the Edmonton Symptom Assessment Scale suggests that integrative medicine care improves fatigue (P = 0.024), nausea (P = 0.043), depression (P = 0.012), anxiety (P = 0.044), appetite (P = 0.012), and general well-being (P = 0.031). Barriers to integration of traditional and complementary medicine in supportive care of Arab patients are discussed followed by six practical recommendations aimed at improving accessibility of patients to integrative supportive care, as well as compliance with treatments.
2008 年，以色列海法的 Lin 医疗中心的 Clalit 健康组织的肿瘤服务部门启动了一项综合肿瘤学计划（IOP），旨在改善化疗和晚期癌症患者的生活质量。IOP 的临床活动使用基于研究的登记协议进行记录。在这项研究中，我们分析了 15 名被转介到 IOP 的患有癌症的阿拉伯患者的登记协议。使用埃德蒙顿症状评估量表对患者报告的结果进行分析表明，综合医学护理可改善疲劳（P=0.024）、恶心（P=0.043）、抑郁（P=0.012）、焦虑（P=0.044）、食欲（P=0.012）和整体幸福感（P=0.031）。讨论了在支持性护理中整合传统和补充医学以治疗阿拉伯患者时所面临的障碍，随后提出了六项切实可行的建议，旨在提高患者获得综合支持性护理的便利性，并提高治疗的依从性。
