南印度一家三级护理医院哮喘患者补充和替代医学的使用情况和模式。
Prevalence and pattern of usage of complementary and alternative medicine among south Indian asthma patients in a tertiary care hospital.
机构信息
Department of Pharmacy Practice, Faculty of Pharmacy, Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute, Deemed to be University, Porur, Chennai 600 116, Tamil Nadu, India.
Department of Chest and TB, Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute, Deemed to be University, Porur, Chennai 600 116, Tamil Nadu, India.
出版信息
Complement Ther Clin Pract. 2018 Feb;30:103-108. doi: 10.1016/j.ctcp.2017.12.016. Epub 2017 Dec 21.
OBJECTIVES
The study aimed to investigate the prevalence of CAM users among asthmatic patients in a tertiary care South Indian hospital.
METHODS
Prospective, cross sectional study was conducted in 394 asthmatic patients.
RESULTS
30.4% of the patients used CAM therapies. The most commonly used CAM treatment was herbal medicine followed by pranayama (controlled breathing exercises). Most of the CAM users were found to be in lower middle class. The baseline characteristics of the CAM users and the non CAM users were found to be similar except for education and socioeconomic status (p < .008). Among the CAM users, none of the patients disclosed about their CAM treatment to their pulmonologists.
CONCLUSION
Patients must be educated about CAM therapies and they must be advised to discuss all their treatment related issues with treating clinicians. Healthcare professionals should be familiar with the merits and demerits of using CAM therapy so that they could provide proper guidance to their patients.
目的
本研究旨在调查一家印度南部三级医院哮喘患者接受补充替代医学（CAM）治疗的情况。
方法
对 394 名哮喘患者进行了前瞻性、横断面研究。
结果
30.4%的患者使用了 CAM 疗法。最常用的 CAM 治疗是草药，其次是呼吸控制法（pranayama）。发现大多数 CAM 使用者属于中下阶层。CAM 使用者和非 CAM 使用者的基线特征除了教育和社会经济地位（p<0.008）外，其他方面均相似。在 CAM 使用者中，没有患者向他们的肺病专家透露他们的 CAM 治疗情况。
结论
必须对患者进行 CAM 疗法的教育，并建议他们与治疗临床医生讨论所有与治疗相关的问题。医疗保健专业人员应该熟悉使用 CAM 疗法的优点和缺点，以便为患者提供适当的指导。
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