ArticleBMC complementary and alternative medicine2012
The use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in children: a telephone-based survey in Korea.
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- Barriers to the conduct and application of research in complementary and alternative medicine: a systematic review.BMC complementary and alternative medicine · 2017Pooled it
- Patterns of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use in children: a systematic review.European journal of pediatrics · 2014Pooled it
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- Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) Practices: A Narrative Review Elucidating the Impact on Healthcare Systems, Mechanisms and Paediatric Applications.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
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- Factors associated with parental traditional medicine use for children in Fagita Lekoma Woreda Northwest Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study.SAGE open medicine · 2020Article
- Parental Traditional Medicine Use for Children and Associated Factors in North Mecha District, North West Ethiopia.Pediatric health, medicine and therapeutics · 2020Article
- An assessment of the use of complementary and alternative medicine by Korean people using an adapted version of the standardized international questionnaire (I-CAM-QK): a cross-sectional study of an internet survey.BMC complementary and alternative medicine · 2018Article
- Changes in trust and the use of Korean medicine in South Korea: a comparison of surveys in 2011 and 2014.BMC complementary and alternative medicine · 2017Article
- Usage patterns and adverse experiences in traditional Korean medicine: results of a survey in South Korea.BMC complementary and alternative medicine · 2013Article
- Use of complementary and alternative medicine by self- or non-institutional therapists in South Korea: a community-based survey.Integrative medicine research · 2013Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe purpose of this study was to estimate the prevalence and patterns of CAM use in Korean children via a telephone based survey. We also investigated parent satisfaction, a proxy for their child, with CAM therapy and determined the factors affecting satisfaction with CAM use.
methodsThis study used a landline telephone-based survey to examine a random sample representative of Korean children, aged 0 to 18 years. We assigned and surveyed 2,000 subjects according to age group, gender, and geographical distributions by proportionate quota and systematic sampling of children throughout Korea in 2010. A household of 1,184 with a 18.6% response rate was projected to yield 2,077 completed data. We performed statistical analyses using sampling weight.
resultsThe prevalence of CAM use was 65.3% for the Korean children in our sample population. The most commonly used CAM category was natural products (89.3%). More than half of CAM user's parents reported satisfaction with their therapies (52.7%), but only 29.1% among them had consulted a Western trained doctor regarding the CAM therapies used. Doctor visits were associated with lower satisfaction with CAM use but not with consultation rate with a doctor.
conclusionsOur study suggests that CAM is widely used among children in Korea. Medical doctors should actively discuss the use of CAM therapies with their patients and provide information on the safety and efficacy of diverse CAM modalities to guide the choices of CAM users.
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