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Use of complementary and alternative medicine in persons with spinal cord injury in Switzerland: a survey study.
Article in Spinal cord, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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- Use and experienced effectiveness of non-pharmacological treatments for chronic spinal cord injury related pain in The Netherlands: A cross-sectional survey.The journal of spinal cord medicine · 2025Article
- Prescribing patterns for treating common complications of spinal cord injury.The journal of spinal cord medicine · 2023Observational
- Classical homeopathy for the prophylaxis of recurrent urinary tract infections.The journal of spinal cord medicine · 2021Article
- [Course of neurogenic bladder dysfunction in patients with spinal cord injury under homeopathic treatment].Der Urologe. Ausg. A · 2020Article
- Complementary alternative medicine practices and beliefs in spinal cord injury and non-spinal cord injured individuals.The journal of spinal cord medicine · 2018Article
- Psychological distress and user experiences with health care provision in persons living with spinal cord injury for more than 20 years.Spinal cord · 2017Article
- Health care utilization in persons with spinal cord injury: part 1-outpatient services.Spinal cord · 2017Article
- Management of urinary tract infections in patients with neurogenic bladder: challenges and solutions.Research and reports in urology · 2017Review
- Identification and Management of Chronic Pain in Primary Care: a Review.Current psychiatry reports · 2016Review
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3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
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designQuestionnaire-based survey study.
objectivesTo evaluate the use of and the satisfaction with complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) techniques in patients with spinal cord injury (SCI).
settingRehabilitation Center, Switzerland.
methodsBetween May and September 2014, all patients with chronic (>1 year) SCI attending the urologic outpatient clinic were asked to fill in a questionnaire regarding the use of CAM.
resultsOf the 103 participants (66 men and 37 women), 73.8% stated that they have used some form of CAM since SCI, with acupuncture and homeopathy being the two techniques that were used most frequently (31% each). The most common indications for CAM use were pain and urinary tract infections (UTIs). CAM was used supplementarily rather than exclusively. Overall satisfaction (85.1%) as well as satisfaction rates for the different indications (pain: 85%; UTI: 90.5%) and for the most frequently used forms of CAM (homeopathy: 90.6%; acupuncture: 78.1%) were high.
conclusionAccording to our data, there is a demand for adjunctive CAM procedures for the treatment of medical complications by persons with SCI. CAM led to high satisfaction levels. On the basis of these results, future research should systematically evaluate the therapeutic potential of the most popular CAM techniques, for example, acupuncture and homeopathy, for the treatment of secondary medical complications of SCI.
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