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Reasons for and Characteristics Associated With Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use Among Adult Cancer Patients: A Systematic Review
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Purpose:To conduct a systematic review of reasons for and sociodemographic and disease characteristics associated with complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use in cancer patients. Methods:Eligible studies were identified by searching the following databases: Alt Health Watch, AMED, CINAHL, CancerLit, PremMEDLINE, MEDLINE, Pub-Med, Ingenta, EMBASE, and Health Star, as well as reference lists in review articles. Only English-language articles published between 1994 and 2004 were included. Search terms included CAM and oncology/cancer, decision making and CAM and oncology/cancer, treatment decision making and CAM and oncology/cancer, and health care choices and CAM and oncology/cancer. Results:Fifty-two eligible studies were identified and summarized. These studies were conducted in 14 different countries, with the largest number of studies being completed in the United States (34.6%). A therapeutic response, wanting control, a strong belief in CAM, CAM as a last resort, and finding hope were the most commonly cited reasons for using CAM. Age, socioeconomic status, and gender were the dominant characteristics associated with CAM use. Conclusion:Reasons for and characteristics associated with CAM use among cancer patients have been studied extensively. Future CAM research among cancer patients should focus on identifying decision-making processes and building theoretical decision-making models. These can be used in the development of decisional aids for patients when confronted with the choice to use CAM as part of their cancer treatment.
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- Verhoef, M. J., Balneaves, L. G., Boon, H. S., & Vroegindewey, A.
- Venue
- Integrative Cancer Therapies
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2005-12
- Volume
- 4
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 274-286
- ISSN
- 1534-7354 (ISSN-L)
- 1552-695X
- OpenAlex
- W1971463217
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- 306
- References
- 55
- FWCI
- 9.00
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
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