The Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine among Peritoneal Dialysis Patients at a Second-Level Hospital in Yucatán Mexico

Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is widely used for multiple reasons such as treatment of diseases and their symptoms, empowerment, self-care, disease prevention, dissatisfaction, adverse effects or cost of conventional medicine, perception of compatibility with beliefs, and idiosyncrasy...

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Published in:Healthcare (Basel) 2023-03, Vol.11 (5), p.722
Main Authors: Gracida-Osorno, Carlos, Jiménez-Martínez, Sandra Luz, Uc-Cachón, Andrés Humberto, Molina-Salinas, Gloria María
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Activities of daily living
Alternative medicine
Care and treatment
Chronic illnesses
chronic kidney disease
Chronic kidney failure
complementary medicine
Diabetes
Hemodialysis
Hemodialysis patients
Herbal medicine
Hospitals
Hypertension
Investigations
Kidney diseases
Medical care
Medical research
Medicine, Experimental
Mortality
Music therapy
Peritoneal dialysis
Physicians
Questionnaires
Sociodemographics
Utilization
Well being
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Summary:Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is widely used for multiple reasons such as treatment of diseases and their symptoms, empowerment, self-care, disease prevention, dissatisfaction, adverse effects or cost of conventional medicine, perception of compatibility with beliefs, and idiosyncrasy. This study investigated CAM use in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) undergoing peritoneal dialysis (PD). A cross-sectional survey study was conducted with 240 eligible patients with CKD in the PD program. By applying the I-CAM-Q-questionnaire, the frequency, level of satisfaction, and reasons for CAM use were explored, and the demographic and clinical data of users and non-users were analyzed. Data analysis included descriptive analysis, Student's -test, Mann-Whitney U, chi-square, and Fisher tests. The main types of CAM used were herbal medicine, and chamomile was the most commonly used. To improve the state of well-being was the main reason for use, the attributable benefit of CAM was high, and only a low percentage of users reported side effects. Only 31.8% of the users informed their physicians. The use of CAM is popular among renal patients, and physicians are not adequately informed; in particular, the CAM type ingested represents a risk for drug interactions and toxicity.
ISSN:2227-9032
2227-9032
DOI:10.3390/healthcare11050722