Religion and the Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) Among Cardiac Patients

This study investigates the prevalence and predictors of using complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) among middle-aged and older patients prior to cardiac surgery. Additionally, it addresses the correlates of using 10 commonly used CAM therapies. The influence of religion on itemized CAM usag...

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Published in:Journal of religion and health 2014-06, Vol.53 (3), p.864-877
Main Authors: Nicdao, Ethel G., Ai, Amy L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Aging
Alternative medicine
Cardiac Surgical Procedures - psychology
Cardiovascular diseases
Clinical Psychology
Combined Modality Therapy
Complementary therapies
Complementary Therapies - psychology
Complementary Therapies - utilization
Coronary Artery Disease - epidemiology
Coronary Artery Disease - therapy
Disease models
Female
Heart surgery
Humans
Male
Mathematical constants
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Middle Aged
Modeling
Myocardial Infarction - epidemiology
Myocardial Infarction - therapy
Operating rooms
Original Paper
Public Health
Religion
Religion and Medicine
Religiosity
Religious Studies
Spiritual Therapies
Spirituality
Surgical specialties
United States
Utilization Review - statistics & numerical data
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Summary:This study investigates the prevalence and predictors of using complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) among middle-aged and older patients prior to cardiac surgery. Additionally, it addresses the correlates of using 10 commonly used CAM therapies. The influence of religion on itemized CAM usage is also explored. Comprehensive data were collected from adult patients undergoing cardiac surgery through a preoperative survey 2 weeks prior to surgery, followed by a telephone interview the day before surgery. More than two-thirds of participants (80.9 %) indicated at least one CAM use. Income, religiosity, education, BMI, employment, and congestive heart failure predicted greater CAM utility. After multiple controls, major cardiac indicators were significantly positively associated with greater utility of CAM. There was also a significant positive association between religiosity and CAM use. Findings suggest considerable CAM use in this cardiac sample and certain associations among cardiac conditions, religiosity, and itemized CAM utilization. Future research is needed to investigate the potential joint therapeutic and adverse effects of drug and herbal remedies in cardiac patients.
ISSN:0022-4197
1573-6571
DOI:10.1007/s10943-013-9681-6