The Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Thai Gynecologic Oncology Patients: Influencing Factors

Background. To determine the factors influencing the use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in gynecologic cancer patients and the prevalence and pattern of CAM use. Methods. This was a cross-sectional study of 370 gynecologic cancer patients conducted at the outpatient clinic, Ramathib...

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Autores principales:	Nuntorn Chukasemrat, Chuenkamon Charakorn, Arb-aroon Lertkhachonsuk
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Publicado:	Hindawi Limited 2021
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:b5b00aba749542f0ba0f1c018ae6786b2021-11-22T01:09:58ZThe Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Thai Gynecologic Oncology Patients: Influencing Factors1741-428810.1155/2021/1322390https://doaj.org/article/b5b00aba749542f0ba0f1c018ae6786b2021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/1322390https://doaj.org/toc/1741-4288Background. To determine the factors influencing the use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in gynecologic cancer patients and the prevalence and pattern of CAM use. Methods. This was a cross-sectional study of 370 gynecologic cancer patients conducted at the outpatient clinic, Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand. After obtaining informed consent, participants were asked to complete a standardized questionnaire including sociodemographic and clinical characteristics, detail of CAM use, attitude of CAM use, and quality of life using EORTC-QLQ-C30. Results. The prevalence of CAM use was 25.13%. The most common type was herbal medicine (55.90%). The participants who resided or had a birthplace in rural areas presented with a higher proportion of CAM use than those in urban areas (P=0.470 and P=0.004, respectively). Participants who received multiple modalities of cancer treatment reported a significantly higher proportion of CAM use (P=0.024). Most CAM users agreed that the CAM could be used in combination with standard treatment, and some rather disagreed that CAM could interrupt the treatment effect of the conventional treatment. CAM users had significantly higher role functioning in quality-of-life scores. Conclusion. Factors influencing CAM use in gynecologic cancer patients were rural area birthplace or residency, receiving multiple modalities of cancer treatment, having positive attitude toward CAM use. CAM users had better performance in role functioning in the quality-of-life score. Therefore, gynecologic oncologists should pay attention to these factors in order to communicate with gynecologic cancer patients about CAM use.Nuntorn ChukasemratChuenkamon CharakornArb-aroon LertkhachonsukHindawi LimitedarticleOther systems of medicineRZ201-999ENEvidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Vol 2021 (2021)
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spellingShingle	Other systems of medicine RZ201-999 Nuntorn Chukasemrat Chuenkamon Charakorn Arb-aroon Lertkhachonsuk The Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Thai Gynecologic Oncology Patients: Influencing Factors
description	Background. To determine the factors influencing the use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in gynecologic cancer patients and the prevalence and pattern of CAM use. Methods. This was a cross-sectional study of 370 gynecologic cancer patients conducted at the outpatient clinic, Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand. After obtaining informed consent, participants were asked to complete a standardized questionnaire including sociodemographic and clinical characteristics, detail of CAM use, attitude of CAM use, and quality of life using EORTC-QLQ-C30. Results. The prevalence of CAM use was 25.13%. The most common type was herbal medicine (55.90%). The participants who resided or had a birthplace in rural areas presented with a higher proportion of CAM use than those in urban areas (P=0.470 and P=0.004, respectively). Participants who received multiple modalities of cancer treatment reported a significantly higher proportion of CAM use (P=0.024). Most CAM users agreed that the CAM could be used in combination with standard treatment, and some rather disagreed that CAM could interrupt the treatment effect of the conventional treatment. CAM users had significantly higher role functioning in quality-of-life scores. Conclusion. Factors influencing CAM use in gynecologic cancer patients were rural area birthplace or residency, receiving multiple modalities of cancer treatment, having positive attitude toward CAM use. CAM users had better performance in role functioning in the quality-of-life score. Therefore, gynecologic oncologists should pay attention to these factors in order to communicate with gynecologic cancer patients about CAM use.
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author	Nuntorn Chukasemrat Chuenkamon Charakorn Arb-aroon Lertkhachonsuk
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title	The Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Thai Gynecologic Oncology Patients: Influencing Factors
title_short	The Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Thai Gynecologic Oncology Patients: Influencing Factors
title_full	The Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Thai Gynecologic Oncology Patients: Influencing Factors
title_fullStr	The Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Thai Gynecologic Oncology Patients: Influencing Factors
title_full_unstemmed	The Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Thai Gynecologic Oncology Patients: Influencing Factors
title_sort	use of complementary and alternative medicine in thai gynecologic oncology patients: influencing factors
publisher	Hindawi Limited
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/b5b00aba749542f0ba0f1c018ae6786b
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The Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Thai Gynecologic Oncology Patients: Influencing Factors

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