Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use in Hospitalized Cancer Patients-Study from Silesia, Poland.

ABSTRACT: The use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is common amongst cancer patients. The aim of the study was to investigate the use of CAM, beliefs about CAM and the purpose of using it amongst Polish cancer patients. The study included 864 cancer patients (median 63 years old), who were individually interviewed. The questionnaire was designed specifically for this study. Amongst 732 patients who declared that they heard about CAM, 342 patients (46.7%) had used CAM; 91% of these patients had used it as a complementary therapy and 9% had used it as an alternative therapy. Patients younger in age, highly educated, professionally active, with longer medical history, and at more advanced cancer stages have, statistically, used CAM more often; 66% of participants could not state what the

SUBMITTER: Kasprzycka K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8835686 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature