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Complementary and Alternative Medical Therapies in Children and Adolescent with Chronic Disease : Utilizations and Patterns  

Kim, Young Bin (Departments of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Kwandong University)
Song, Jun Ho (Departments of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Kwandong University)
Jang, Myoung Wan (Departments of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Kwandong University)
Yoo, Hwang Jae (Departments of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Kwandong University)
Kim, Cheol Hong (Departments of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Kwandong University)
Lee, Hyun Hee (Departments of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Kwandong University)
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Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics / v.48, no.9, 2005 , pp. 929-934 More about this Journal
Abstract
Purpose : This study describes how often complementary and alternative medical(CAM) therapies, what patterns of CAM therapies utilization, what types of CAM therapies and why CAM therapies are used in children and adolescent with chronic disease. Methods : We interviewed and filled out questionnaires with parents of patients suffering from asthma, atopic dermatitis, congenital myopathy, epilepsy and so on from Mar 2004 to Aug 2004. Results : Two hundred fifty two parents answered questionnaires; 160 cases(63.5 percent) had used CAM therapies. Utilization of CAM therapies according to each chronic disease was as follows : congenital myopathy(100 percent), atopic dermatitis(91.1 percent), asthma(72.5 percent), chronic diarrhea (50.0 percent), epilepsy(17.1 percent) etc. Types of CAM therapy were as follows : dietary supplement (31.1 percent), herb medicine(23.4 percent), massage(14.2 percent), acupuncture(4.6 percent) etc. Sixty four(40.0 percent) case underwent more than two types of CAM therapies simultaneously. One hundred thirty three(83.1 percent) case were asked through non-medical prescription. Ninety nine(61.9 percent) case were recognized positive effect of CAM therapies. Parents' and childrens' ages were influential factors in CAM therapies utilization : the older the parents and the younger the children, the higher the utilization. Conclusion : Although patients receive treatment with western medicine, many of them not only undergo CAM therapies, especially more than two types, but also recognize the positive effects of CAM therapies. As a result, we suggest that it is easy to use of CAM therapies, and the positive effects of CAM therapies are prominent, domestically. Therefore, medical approach and study about the effectiveness and side effects of CAM therapies is necessary to avoid the imprudent use of such therapies.
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Complementary and alternative medicine;
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