约旦癌症患者使用补充和替代医学的趋势和模式:十年的比较
Nedal Al-Rawashdeh1,2, Mohammad Alqudimat3, Ibrahim Alananzeh4
1The Office of Scientific Affairs and Research, King Hussein Cancer Center, Amman, 11941, Jordan.
BMC complementary medicine and therapies
|August 26, 2025
概括
在2013年至2022年期间,约旦癌症患者的补充和替代医学 (CAM) 使用量显著下降. 然而,目前的使用者增加了CAM使用的频率,突出了更好的患者-提供者沟通的需要.
科学领域:
- 癌症学
- 综合医学
- 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 补充和替代医学 (CAM) 在全球癌症治疗中很常见.
- 约旦癌症患者中CAM模式的数据有限.
- 这项研究通过比较2013年至2022年约旦的CAM使用趋势来弥补这一差距.
研究的目的:
- 将2013年至2022年期间在约旦的癌症患者中使用补充和替代医学 (CAM) 的情况进行比较.
- 确定CAM使用的变化趋势和相关因素.
- 了解对临床实践和患者教育的影响.
主要方法:
- 2013年和2022年对约旦的成年癌症患者进行了横截面调查.
- 参与者填写了一份关于社会人口统计,CAM使用和与医疗保健提供者沟通的验证问卷.
- 招聘地点不同:在2013年有四个设施,而在2022年只有侯赛因国王癌症中心.
主要成果:
- 在2013年的49.4%下降到2022年的32.8%.
- 自然保健产品仍然是最常见的CAM疗法.
- 尽管患病率下降,但每日CAM使用量增加,而感知到的益处显著下降.
- 医疗保健提供者与CAM的沟通略有改善,但仍处于低水平.
结论:
- 在约旦的癌症患者中使用CAM已经减少了十年, 但使用强度增加了.
- 感知到的益处减少和患者提供者沟通不足凸显了教育干预的需要.
- 有针对性的计划可以改善对话,确保更安全的CAM整合,并可能提高患者的治疗效果.
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