Trial reportCancer2013
A multisite, community oncology-based randomized trial of a brief educational intervention to increase communication regarding complementary and alternative medicine.
Trial report in Cancer, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
11 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Communication Between Cancer Patients and Physicians About Complementary and Alternative Medicine: A Systematic Review.Journal of integrative and complementary medicine · 2023Pooled it
- An education on pharmacologically active complementary and alternative medicine and its effects on cancer treatment: literature review.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2022Pooled it
- Addressing Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use Among Individuals With Cancer: An Integrative Review and Clinical Practice Guideline.Journal of the National Cancer Institute · 2022Guideline
- Use of decision aid to improve informed decision-making and communication with physicians on the use of oral complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) among cancer patients on chemotherapy treatment: a randomised controlled trial.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2021Trial
- Nurse and patient characteristics predict communication about complementary and alternative medicine.Cancer · 2016Trial
- Using the behavior change technique ontology to characterize the content of implementation strategies: a secondary analysis of 151 trials targeting evidence-based nursing practice.Translational behavioral medicine · 2025Article
- Traditional and complementary medicine use among Ebola survivors in Sierra Leone: a qualitative exploratory study of the perspectives of healthcare workers providing care to Ebola survivors.BMC complementary medicine and therapies · 2020Article
- Communication interventions in adult and pediatric oncology: A scoping review and analysis of behavioral targets.PloS one · 2019Article
- ENRICH: A promising oncology nurse training program to implement ASCO clinical practice guidelines on fertility for AYA cancer patients.Patient education and counseling · 2016Article
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- Prevalence and correlates of complementary and alternative medicine use among diabetic patients in Beirut, Lebanon: a cross-sectional study.BMC complementary and alternative medicine · 2014Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is widespread, yet there is relatively little discussion regarding its use between oncology patients and their health care practitioners.
methodsThis multisite randomized trial examined the efficacy of an educational intervention designed to encourage oncology nurses to discuss CAM use with their patients. A total of 175 nurses completed questionnaires about discussing CAM use with patients at baseline and 2 months after the intervention. Patients at baseline (N = 699) and different patients at follow-up (N = 650) completed questionnaires regarding CAM.
resultsAt the 2-month follow-up, nurses in the intervention reported they were more likely to ask about CAM use than those in the control group (odds ratio, 4.2; P = .005). However, no significant effect was found for the percentage of patients who indicated that they were asked about CAM use (odds ratio, 2.1; P > .10). Approximately 40% of patients reported using CAM after their cancer diagnosis, yet the majority of nurses estimated that < 25% of their patients were using CAM.
conclusionsCAM use in community-based oncology patients is common and is underestimated by oncology nurses. The brief, low-intensity intervention presented herein was found to be sufficiently powerful to change nurses' perceptions of their behavior but may not have been intensive enough to yield changes that were evident to patients.
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