Tenenbaum Rachel, Agarwal Rumi, Cooke Marcus S, Agrawal Mavara M, Maddux Marlaina, Burke Shanna L
Department of Psychology, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA.
Robert Stempel College of Public Health and Social Work, Department of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA.
Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2019 Jun 25;2019:3630509. doi: 10.1155/2019/3630509. eCollection 2019.
Oxidative stress is understood to be involved in the ontology and maintenance of different developmental disabilities. Some complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) therapies have been proposed to modify this relationship by affecting oxidative stress pathways. However, it is unclear which of these CAM therapies are used among children with different developmental disabilities. This study examines the use of these therapies among 10,218 children between the ages of 4 and 17 using the 2012 Child Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) Supplement of the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) to highlight a potential avenue for intervention and prevention efforts. The results suggest that children with developmental disabilities are more likely to utilize particular CAM therapies that may alter oxidative stress pathways. Future work is needed to assess the potential moderating effect of these CAM therapies and oxidative stress levels among children with different developmental disabilities.
氧化应激被认为与不同发育障碍的发生和维持有关。一些补充和替代医学（CAM）疗法已被提出通过影响氧化应激途径来改变这种关系。然而，尚不清楚这些CAM疗法在不同发育障碍儿童中使用的情况。本研究使用2012年国家健康访谈调查（NHIS）的儿童补充和替代医学（CAM）补充问卷，对10218名4至17岁儿童使用这些疗法的情况进行了调查，以突出干预和预防工作的潜在途径。结果表明，发育障碍儿童更有可能使用可能改变氧化应激途径的特定CAM疗法。未来需要开展工作，以评估这些CAM疗法对不同发育障碍儿童氧化应激水平的潜在调节作用。
