Prevalence of traditional, complementary, and alternative medicine (TCAM) among adult cancer patients in Malawi.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The objective of this study is to document the prevalence of traditional, complementary, and alternative medicine (TCAM) use by adult cancer patients at a national teaching hospital in Malawi. We aim to document the products/therapies used, the reason for use, as well as patient-reported satisfaction with TCAM practitioners and modalities.

Methods

We conducted investigator-administered interviews with adult cancer patients presenting to the Kamuzu Central Hospital (KCH) Cancer Clinic in Lilongwe, Malawi between January and July 2018. The KCH is a national teaching hospital in the capital of Lilongwe, which serves patients with cancer from the northern half of Malawi. Descriptive statistics were used to describe TCAM use and logistic regression was applied to identify

SUBMITTER: Hill J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10266506 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature