探索综合性方法:对沙特阿拉伯乳腺癌幸存者的补充医学实践的见解
Atlal Abusanad1, Reem Ujaimi1, Marah A Alotaibi1
1Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University (KAUH), Jeddah, SAU.
Cureus
|February 15, 2024
概括
补充和整合性医学 (CAM) 常被沙特阿拉伯的乳腺癌幸存者使用. 关键的激励因素包括免疫支持,许多幸存者从Zamzam水和古兰经水等疗法中获益.
科学领域:
- 在瘤学瘤学.
- 综合医学是一个整体医学.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 补充和整合医学 (CAM) 经常与传统治疗相结合.
- 了解患者在CAM中的选择对于全面的癌症护理至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查乳腺癌幸存者中补充和整合性医学 (CAM) 使用的流行率和影响因素.
- 为了确定主要的动机和感知到的好处驱动CAM治疗决策在这个人群.
主要方法:
- 在沙特阿拉伯对211名乳腺癌幸存者进行了横截面研究.
- 数据是通过通过幸存者团体分发的问卷和对临床参与者的采访收集的.
- 从所有参与者那里获得了知情同意.
主要成果:
- 43.6%的乳腺癌幸存者使用了CAM,其中Zamzam水,蜂蜜和古兰经水最受欢迎.
- 动机包括免疫系统的增强;使用的预测因素是更高的收入,放射治疗和1-5年内诊断.
- 80.4%的CAM使用者报告了感知到的好处,而那些没有慢性疾病的人不太可能使用CAM.
结论:
- 在沙特阿拉伯的乳腺癌幸存者中,CAM使用很普遍,受社会经济和治疗因素的影响.
- 了解这些驱动因素和感知到的好处对于将CAM纳入幸存者护理至关重要.
- 对CAM模式的安全性和有效性的进一步研究是有必要的.
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