Complementary and alternative medicine use in children with cystic fibrosis

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• 作者：Sandra Giangioppo^a ; ^b ; ¹ ; ² ; ^{sgiangioppo@cheo.on.ca" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Odion Kalaci^a ; ^b ; ³ ; ⁴ ; ^{odion.kalaci@gmail.com" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Arun Radhakrishnan^c ; ^{arun.radhakrishnan@utoronto.ca" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Erin Fleischer^b ; ^{erin.fleischer@lhsc.on.ca" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Jennifer Itterman^b ; ^{Jennifer.ittermann@lhsc.on.ca" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Brian Lyttle^a ; ^b ; ^{brian.lyttle@lhsc.on.ca" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; April Price^a ; ^b ; ^{april.price@lhsc.on.ca" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Dhenuka Radhakrishnan^a ; ^b ; ¹ ; ² ; ^{dhenuka@gmail.com" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author}
• 关键词：Complementary and alternative medicine ; Cystic fibrosis ; Children
• 刊名：Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：November 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：25
• 期：Complete
• 页码：68-74
• 全文大小：354 K

文摘

To estimate the overall prevalence of complementary and alternative medicine use among children with cystic fibrosis, determine specific modalities used, predictors of use and subjective helpfulness or harm from individual modalities.

Results

Of 53 children attending the cystic fibrosis clinic in London, Ontario (100% recruitment), 79% had used complementary and alternative medicine. The most commonly used modalities were air purifiers, humidifiers, probiotics, and omega-3 fatty acids. Family complementary and alternative medicine use was the only independent predictor of overall use. The majority of patients perceived benefit from specific modalities for cystic fibrosis symptoms.

Conclusions

Given the high frequency and number of modalities used and lack of patient and disease characteristics predicting use, we recommend that health care providers should routinely ask about complementary and alternative medicine among all pediatric cystic fibrosis patients and assist patients in understanding the potential benefits and risks to make informed decisions about its use.