Complementary and Alternative Medicine Usage and Its Determinant Factors Among Diabetic Patients: An Iranian Case

Although modern treatments have achieved much progress in blood sugar control in recent decades, evidences indicate that complementary and alternative treatments are very common in diabetic patients. The present study aims to investigate application of complementary and traditional medicines among d...

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Published in:Journal of evidence-based complementary & alternative medicine 2017-07, Vol.22 (3), p.449-454
Main Authors: Sheikhrabori, Akbar, Dehghan, Mahlagha, Ghaedi, Fateme, Khademi, Gholam Reza
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Alternative medicine
Blood
Complementary Therapies - statistics & numerical data
Cross-Sectional Studies
Demography
Diabetes
Diabetes Mellitus - therapy
Drugs
Female
Humans
Iran
Male
Medicinal plants
Middle Aged
Original
Patient Satisfaction
Phytotherapy
Questionnaires
Sampling
Sugar
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Summary:Although modern treatments have achieved much progress in blood sugar control in recent decades, evidences indicate that complementary and alternative treatments are very common in diabetic patients. The present study aims to investigate application of complementary and traditional medicines among diabetic patients in Iran in 2016. This was a cross-sectional study done on 294 diabetic patients who were referred to the diabetes clinic and were chosen using convenient sampling. Data were gathered using a demographic characteristics form and a researcher-made questionnaire (for studying application and satisfaction of using some of the complementary and alternative medicines). A total of 88.4% of diabetic patients have used at least one complementary and alternative treatment in the past year. The most common treatment was medicinal plants, which were used by 84.9% of the participants. Sixty-nine percent of the patients were satisfied with using complementary and traditional treatments. This study showed that diabetic patients are very interested in using complementary and alternative medicine.
ISSN:2156-5872
2156-5899
2515-690X
DOI:10.1177/2156587216675079