ArticleBMC complementary and alternative medicine2015
Complementary and alternative medicine usage among cardiac patients: a descriptive study.
Article in BMC complementary and alternative medicine, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
20 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 34 citations in OpenAlex.
- Potential factors that influence usage of complementary and alternative medicine worldwide: a systematic review.BMC complementary medicine and therapies · 2020Pooled it
- Exploring the Adverse Effects of Fenugreek in Humans: A Scoping Review.Iranian journal of medical sciences · 2026Article
- Cardiovascular Disease in the Caribbean: Risk Factor Trends, Care and Outcomes Still Far From Expectations.Cureus · 2024Review
- Evaluation of the Use, Reasons, and Satisfaction with the Complementary Medicine among Patients Living with a Permanent Ostomy.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2023Article
- Analysis of Heart Rate Variability and Implication of Different Factors on Heart Rate Variability.Current cardiology reviews · 2021Review
- Complementary and alternative medicine use in coronary heart disease patients: a cross-sectional study from Palestine.BMC complementary medicine and therapies · 2020Article
- Patient Journeys of Nonintegration in Hungary: A Qualitative Study of Possible Reasons for Considering Medical Modalities as Mutually Exclusive.Integrative cancer therapies · 2018Article
- Use and Disclosure of Complementary Health Approaches in US Adults With Cardiovascular Disease.The American journal of cardiology · 2018Article
- A qualitative study of culturally embedded factors in complementary and alternative medicine use.BMC complementary and alternative medicine · 2018Article
- The utilization of nonprescription medications in Saudi patients with cardiovascular diseases.Saudi pharmaceutical journal : SPJ : the official publication of the Saudi Pharmaceutical Society · 2018Article
- Complementary and alternative medicine use in thalassemia patients in Shiraz, southern Iran: A cross-sectional study.Journal of traditional and complementary medicine · 2018Article
- Prevalence, patterns, and perceived value of complementary and alternative medicine among HIV patients: a descriptive study.BMC complementary and alternative medicine · 2017Article
- Prevalence, patterns, and perceived value of complementary and alternative medicine among cancer patients: a cross-sectional, descriptive study.BMC complementary and alternative medicine · 2017Article
- Prevalence and predictors of complementary and alternative medicine use among people with coronary heart disease or at risk for this in the sixth Tromsø study: a comparative analysis using protection motivation theory.BMC complementary and alternative medicine · 2017Article
- Use of complementary and alternative medicine by patients with end-stage renal disease on haemodialysis in Trinidad: A descriptive study.BMC complementary and alternative medicine · 2017Article
- Knowledge, attitudes, and practices among health care providers regarding complementary and alternative medicine in Trinidad and Tobago.BMC complementary and alternative medicine · 2017Article
- Acceptability, Adaptation, and Clinical Outcomes of Acupuncture Provided in the Emergency Department: A Retrospective Pilot Study.Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.) · 2017Article
- Complementary and alternative medicine use amongst patients with cardiovascular disease in Singapore.BMC complementary and alternative medicine · 2016Article
- Herbal medicine use by surgery patients in Hungary: a descriptive study.BMC complementary and alternative medicine · 2015Article
- Attitudes Underlying Reliance on Complementary and Alternative Medicine.Integrative cancer therapiesArticle
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundThe use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) persists, despite the availability of conventional medicine (CM), modernisation, globalisation, technological advancement, and limited scientific evidence supporting CAM. People with cardiovascular diseases often use CAM, despite possible major adverse effects and lack of evidence supporting CAM claims. This study explored CAM use among cardiac patients, the types of CAM used, reasons and factors that influence its use, and the association between patient demographics and CAM use.
methodsThis cross-sectional quantitative study was conducted using quota sampling to survey 329 public clinic adult cardiac patients within the South-West Regional Health Authority (SWRHA) of Trinidad and Tobago. From 1 July 2012 to 31August 2012, each participant completed questionnaires, after consenting to participate. Data analysis included χ(2) tests and binary logistic regression.
resultsOne hundred eighty-five (56.2%; standard error [SE] = 2.74%) patients used CAM. Herbal medicine was the most common CAM (85.9%; SE = 2.56%), followed by spiritual therapy/mind-body systems (61.6%; SE = 3.58%), physical therapy/body manipulation (13.5%; SE = 2.51%), alternative systems (8.1%; SE = 2.01%), and other methods (3.8%; SE = 1. 41%). The patients believed that CAM promotes health and wellness (79.5%; SE = 2.97%), assists in fighting illness (78.9%; SE = 3.00%), addresses the limitations of CM (69.2%; SE = 3.56%), alleviates symptoms (21.6%; SE = 6.51%), costs less than CM (21.6 %, SE = 3.03), and has fewer adverse/damaging effects than CM (29.7, SE =3.36), or they were disappointed with CM (12.4%, SE = 2.42). Ethnicity and religion were associated with CAM usage, but only ethnicity was a useful predictor of CAM use.
conclusionsComplementary and alternative medicine use was high among cardiac patients (56.2%, SE = 2.74%), and associated with ethnicity and religion. Friends, family, and perceived mode of action influenced a patient's use of CAM.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.