The Association Between Complementary and Alternative Medicine and Health Status Following Acute Myocardial Infarction.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Complementary and alternative medicines (CAM) are commonly used in patients with cardiovascular disease. Although there is lack of evidence regarding the benefit of CAM on cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, health-status benefits could justify CAM use.

Hypothesis

Adoption of mind-body CAM after acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is associated with improved health status, though other forms of CAM are not associated with health-status improvement.

Methods

Patients with AMI from 24 US sites were assessed for CAM use (categorized as mind-body, biological, and manipulative therapies) prior to and 1 year after AMI. Among patients who reported not using CAM prior to their AMI, association of initiating CAM on patients' health status at 1 year after AMI was as

SUBMITTER: Shafiq A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5753593 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature