Elzahrani Mohamed, Aleid Abdulaziz, Alhwimani Abdullah, Altamamy Sultan, Almalki Raad, AlKushi Abdulmohsen, AlJasser Mohammed, Feroz Zeeshan
College of Medicine, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Acta Dermatovenerol Alp Pannonica Adriat. 2020 Dec;29(4):165-168.
The use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in dermatology has been increasing in recent years. Patterns of CAM use by vitiligo patients have not previously been assessed in Saudi Arabia. Therefore, it is worth exploring the perceptions, knowledge, and attitudes of Saudi vitiligo patients toward CAM.
A cross-sectional study was conducted for 12 months among Saudi vitiligo patients at King Abdulaziz Medical City in Riyadh. A validated self-administered questionnaire, comprised of four sections, was used to collect the data. Descriptive analysis was used, and a chi-squared test was used to determine the association between dependent and independent variables.
Two hundred patients with vitiligo were enrolled, 56% of whom were female. The average age was 31.6 ± 15.45 years. Approximately 52% of the patients were either current or previous users of CAM. Among the patients, 44.5% had been asked by their dermatologist about their CAM use, and 18.5% preferred not to disclose their CAM use. Social media was the most common source of information for CAM (28%).
More than half of the vitiligo patients in our study used some form of CAM. The most popular remedies were honey (37%), Nigella sativa (29%), and olive oil (29%).
近年来，补充和替代医学（CAM）在皮肤科的应用日益增加。此前，沙特阿拉伯尚未评估白癜风患者使用补充和替代医学的模式。因此，探索沙特白癜风患者对补充和替代医学的认知、知识和态度是值得的。
在利雅得阿卜杜勒阿齐兹国王医疗城对沙特白癜风患者进行了为期12个月的横断面研究。使用一份经过验证的自填式问卷收集数据，该问卷由四个部分组成。采用描述性分析，并使用卡方检验来确定因变量和自变量之间的关联。
招募了200名白癜风患者，其中56%为女性。平均年龄为31.6±15.45岁。约52%的患者是补充和替代医学的当前使用者或曾经使用者。在患者中，44.5%的人被皮肤科医生询问过他们使用补充和替代医学的情况，18.5%的人不愿意透露他们使用补充和替代医学的情况。社交媒体是补充和替代医学最常见的信息来源（28%）。
在我们的研究中，超过一半的白癜风患者使用了某种形式的补充和替代医学。最受欢迎的疗法是蜂蜜（37%）、黑种草（29%）和橄榄油（29%）。
