Hakkoymaz Hakan, Koçyiğit Burhan Fatih
Faculty of Medicine Department of Emergency Medicine, Kahramanmaras Sütcü Imam University, Kahramanmaraş, Turkey.
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Kahramanmaras Sütcü Imam University Faculty of Medicine, Kahramanmaras, Turkey.
PeerJ. 2019 Aug 20;7:e7584. doi: 10.7717/peerj.7584. eCollection 2019.
The main aim of this study was to assess the frequency of use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in patients admitted to the emergency room (ER). Additionally, we aimed to evaluate the socio-demographic and clinical factors associated with CAM use.
This was a descriptive study. A total of 951 patients who were admitted to the ER of a tertiary hospital between October 2018 and November 2018 were enrolled. Data were obtained using a questionnaire that was prepared by the researchers considering the literature data.
The mean age of the patients was 37.98 ± 15.65 years. Of the 951 patients, 48.4% ( = 460) were female and 51.6% ( = 491) were male. The rate of patients who used CAM at least once was 47.3% ( = 450). The most frequently used CAM methods were herbal therapy (68.9%), massage (40.7%), dietary supplements (24.7%), and hijama (24.2%). Being aged 64 years or younger ( = 0.001), having an education level of university or higher ( = 0.006), having an income more than minimum wage ( = 0.016), and having a chronic disease ( = 0.003) were found to be associated with CAM use in this study.
CAM methods were used by a considerable proportion of patients admitted to the ER. Physicians should incorporate CAM use history in their patient assessments and should provide accurate and unbiased information about CAM methods.
本研究的主要目的是评估急诊室（ER）收治患者使用补充和替代医学（CAM）的频率。此外，我们旨在评估与使用CAM相关的社会人口统计学和临床因素。
这是一项描述性研究。纳入了2018年10月至2018年11月期间在一家三级医院急诊室收治的951例患者。数据通过研究人员根据文献数据编制的问卷获得。
患者的平均年龄为37.98±15.65岁。在951例患者中，48.4%（n = 460）为女性，51.6%（n = 491）为男性。至少使用过一次CAM的患者比例为47.3%（n = 450）。最常使用的CAM方法是草药疗法（68.9%）、按摩（40.7%）、膳食补充剂（24.7%）和拔罐（24.2%）。本研究发现，年龄在64岁及以下（P = 0.001）、教育程度为大学或更高（P = 0.006）、收入超过最低工资（P = 0.016）以及患有慢性病（P = 0.003）与使用CAM有关。
相当一部分急诊室收治的患者使用了CAM方法。医生应在患者评估中纳入CAM使用史，并应提供有关CAM方法的准确且无偏见的信息。
