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dc.contributor.authorErku, Daniel Asfaw
dc.date.accessioned2021-01-11T05:21:36Z
dc.date.available2021-01-11T05:21:36Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.identifier.issn1741-427X
dc.identifier.doi10.1155/2016/2809875
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/400885
dc.description.abstractBackground. Today, complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use is being routinely practiced by cancer patients worldwide. This study aimed at examining the prevalence of CAM use in patients with cancer and comparing the quality of life (QoL) in CAM users and nonusers. Methods. A cross-sectional study was employed on 195 cancer patients receiving chemotherapy at Gondar University Referral Hospital (GURH) chemotherapy center. Interviewer-administered questionnaires were used and the collected data were analyzed by the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) software version 21.0 for Windows. Results. 154 (79%) patients were found to be users of CAM. Educational status, average monthly income, disease stage, and comorbidity were strong predictors of use of CAM. The most commonly utilized types of CAM were traditional herbal based medicine (72.1%) and only 20.8% of patients discuss with their doctors CAM use. No significant difference was found in QoL between CAM users and nonusers except in financial difficulties (p = 0.020). Conclusions. This study revealed a high rate of CAM use with very low disclosure rate to their health care providers. Health care providers should be open to discuss the use of CAM with their patients as it will lead to better health outcome.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherHindawi
dc.relation.ispartofjournalEvidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
dc.relation.ispartofvolume2016
dc.subject.fieldofresearchTraditional, complementary and integrative medicine
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4208
dc.subject.keywordsScience & Technology
dc.subject.keywordsLife Sciences & Biomedicine
dc.subject.keywordsIntegrative & Complementary Medicine
dc.subject.keywordsBREAST-CANCER
dc.subject.keywordsEUROPEAN-ORGANIZATION
dc.titleComplementary and Alternative Medicine Use and Its Association with Quality of Life among Cancer Patients Receiving Chemotherapy in Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dcterms.bibliographicCitationErku, DA, Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use and Its Association with Quality of Life among Cancer Patients Receiving Chemotherapy in Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study, Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2016, 2016
dcterms.dateAccepted2016-06-08
dcterms.licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.date.updated2021-01-11T05:19:12Z
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gro.rights.copyright© 2016 Daniel Asfaw Erku. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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