Analysis of the status and trends of international research in complementary and alternative medicine based on literature mining

2012 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 597-603 ◽  
Author(s):  
YY Tong
Keyword(s):  
Alternative Medicine ◽  
Complementary And Alternative Medicine ◽  
International Research ◽  
Literature Mining ◽  
Status And Trends ◽  
The Status ◽  
Complementary And Alternative

scholarly journals Utilization of Complementary and Alternative Medicine among Korean Elite Athletes: Current Status and Future Implications

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Bo-Young Youn ◽  
Seongwan Ju ◽  
Shinhyoung Joo ◽  
Hoseok Kang ◽  
Kiyoung Jeon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Herbal Medicine ◽  
General Population ◽  
Alternative Medicine ◽  
Complementary And Alternative Medicine ◽  
Elite Athletes ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Future Research ◽  
National Team ◽  
The Status ◽  
Complementary And Alternative

The objective of the study was to explore the status of usage of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) among Korean elite athletes. A survey was emailed to all Korean national sports federations recognized by the International Olympic Committee and the Olympic Council of Asia. A total of 705 Korean elite athletes participated in this study. The athletes had to be any of the following to participate in this survey: elite intercollegiate athletes, professional athletes, and national team athletes. 83.3% of the participants stated that they have previously experienced Korean medicine (KM). Compared to the general population in Korea, athletes had more experience (general population = 73.8%). The participants without experience mentioned that they either did not need any KM treatments (39.8%) or lacked information (39.8%) regarding KM treatments. The primary reason for the utilization of KM was the effectiveness of treatments. Therefore, 70.8% of the participants have mentioned recommending KM to others. Generally, athletes are worrisome that the consumption of herbal medicine may not be doping-free; however, it is vital to note that 62% of the participants expressed that prescribed herbal medicine is safe. Overall, this research demonstrates a high prevalence of KM usage by intercollegiate, professional, and national team athletes in Korea. Hence, this study’s results may serve as the foundation in future research directions for promoting KM among Korean elite athletes.

scholarly journals The prevalence of complementary and alternative medicine use in the general population of Babol, North of Iran, 2018

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Reihaneh Moeini ◽  
Seyyed Ali Mozaffarpur ◽  
Morteza Mojahedi ◽  
Seyed Davoud Nasrolahpour Shirvani ◽  
Narjes Gorji ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Alternative Medicine ◽  
Complementary And Alternative Medicine ◽  
Central City ◽  
Herbal Medicines ◽  
Cluster Sampling ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
The North ◽  
The Status ◽  
North Of Iran ◽  
Complementary And Alternative

Abstract Background Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) have recently become more popular and accepted worldwide. One principal step to identify the status and organize strategies of CAM is evaluating the manner and the prevalence of its usage among people. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of CAM modalities usage by the people of Babol, a central city in the North of Iran, in 2018. Methods Using the original International CAM Questionnaire (I-CAM-Q), a questionnaire was redesigned in Persian (Farsi) with some changes such as adding special modalities in Iran and its validity and reliability were assessed. Six hundred households were evaluated using a cluster sampling method in 2018 spring by 12 trained interviewers. Results Finally, 1770 questionnaires were correctly completed. A total of 110 participants (6.21% of the completed questionnaires) had visited CAM therapists in the last year, 109 persons (6.15%) had received prescriptions from physicians and paramedics to use CAM, and a total of 1032 people (58.30%) used herbs and herbal medicines in the last 12 months. Also, 1265 individuals (71.46%) had used CAM throughout their lives. The most popular methods were herbal medicine (65.76%), Persian Medicine (13.78%), water therapy (10.45%) and music therapy (8.36%). The use of CAM was more popular among women. Conclusions The general use of CAM in Babol was similar to other studies, but there were fewer visits by CAM therapists and less frequent adoption of common methods including homeopathy, acupuncture, and energy therapy. It was found that CAM was mostly used for non-serious diseases such as cold and transient gastrointestinal disorders, a pattern that is different from other studies in this field.

Complementary and alternative medicine usage and its determinant factors among Iranian infertile couples

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mahlagha Dehghan ◽  
Sima Mokhtarabadi ◽  
Fatemeh Ghaedi Heidari
Keyword(s):  
Alternative Medicine ◽  
Complementary And Alternative Medicine ◽  
User Satisfaction ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Complementary And Alternative Medicines ◽  
Alternative Medicines ◽  
The Status ◽  
Infertile Couples ◽  
Complementary And Alternative

AbstractBackgroundThe aim of this study was to determine the status of utilizing some complementary and alternative medicine techniques in infertile couples.MethodsThis was a cross-sectional study conducted on 250 infertile couples referred to a hospital in Kerman using convenience sampling. A researcher-made questionnaire was used to study the prevalence and user satisfaction of complementary and alternative medicines.ResultsResults indicated that 49.6% of the infertile couples used at least one of the complementary and alternative medicines during the past year. Most individuals used spiritual techniques (71.8% used praying and 70.2% used Nazr) and medicinal plants (54.8%). Safety is the most important factor affecting the satisfaction of infertile couples with complementary treatments (couples think that such treatments are safe (54.8%)).DiscussionConcerning high prevalence of complementary and alternative treatments in infertile couples, incorporating such treatments into the healthcare education and promoting the awareness of infertile individuals seem crucial.

Governing complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in Brazil and Portugal: implications for CAM professionals and the public

2018 ◽  
pp. 181-200
Author(s):  
Joana Almeida ◽  
Pâmela Siegel ◽  
Nelson Barros
Keyword(s):  
Alternative Medicine ◽  
Complementary And Alternative Medicine ◽  
Health Care Systems ◽  
Sociological Research ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Status ◽  
Care Systems ◽  
Cam Regulation ◽  
Modes Of Governance ◽  
Complementary And Alternative

Sociological research on the governance of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in Western societies has vastly increased in the last decades. Yet there has been a less marked expression of qualitative studies which put such governance into comparative perspective. Furthermore, research has shown that CAM regulation in Western countries has been very diverse, and so is probably best conceptualised on a spectrum containing several regulatory models. This chapter investigates CAM’s modes of governance in two historically, culturally and politically related countries, Brazil and Portugal. It analyses the extent to which CAM governance has changed over time in these two countries, the main modes of CAM governance in these same countries, and the implications of these modes of CAM governance for CAM professionals themselves and the public. It is concluded that Brazil and Portugal present some similar patterns in the way they govern CAM, but also contrasting differences, particularly in relation to the status of these therapies within the public and the private health care systems, and the implications of this status for CAM professionals themselves and the wider public.

scholarly journals Complementary and Alternative Medicine for Threatened Miscarriage: Advantages and Risks

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-26
Author(s):  
Lingjing Lu ◽  
Juan Li ◽  
Yu Zhou ◽  
Hongxia Ma ◽  
Min Hu
Keyword(s):  
Alternative Medicine ◽  
Complementary And Alternative Medicine ◽  
Pregnancy Loss ◽  
Experimental Studies ◽  
Herbal Medicines ◽  
Efficacy And Safety ◽  
Chinese Herbal ◽  
Threatened Miscarriage ◽  
The Status ◽  
Complementary And Alternative

Threatened miscarriage is one of the most common complications causing pregnancy loss, and it affects approximately 20% of confirmed pregnancies. More and more women are seeking treatment with complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) for this common complication, and it has been reported that women have had successful pregnancies after threatened miscarriage when being treated with CAM, which mainly includes Chinese herbal medicines, acupuncture, and nutritional supplements as well as psychological interventions and other approaches. However, many experts are concerned about the safety and adverse events of certain CAM approaches in women with threatened miscarriage. Therefore, this review focuses on the status of CAM for threatened miscarriage and presents the potential therapeutic efficacy and safety of CAM based on some clinical and experimental studies. We thus hope to provide some instructive suggestions for the application of CAM for treating threatened miscarriage in the future.

scholarly journals The Trials (and Tribulations) of Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Oncology

2019 ◽  
Vol 111 (12) ◽  
pp. 1358-1360 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ethan B Ludmir ◽  
Amit Jethanandani ◽  
Walker Mainwaring ◽  
Austin B Miller ◽  
Timothy A Lin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Alternative Medicine ◽  
Complementary And Alternative Medicine ◽  
Early Phase ◽  
Phase Iii ◽  
Phase Iii Trial ◽  
Randomized Controlled ◽  
The Status ◽  
Subsequent Phase ◽  
Phase Data ◽  
Complementary And Alternative

Abstract Two decades following the creation of the Office of Cancer Complementary and Alternative Medicine at the National Cancer Institute, the status of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) research within oncology remains opaque. To better understand the landscape of CAM studies in oncology, we identified CAM-related phase III randomized controlled trials (RCTs) through ClinicalTrials.gov and compared these CAM trials to all non-CAM oncologic RCTs. Pearson χ2 testing was used to compare proportions across groups; all tests were two-sided. Comparing the 25 identified CAM RCTs with 739 non-CAM RCTs, CAM studies were more likely to be sponsored by a cooperative group (64.0% vs 28.6%, P < .001) and less likely to be industry funded (8.0% vs 76.5%, P < .001). CAM trials disproportionately excluded disease-related outcomes as endpoints (8.0% vs 84.6%, P < .001), were unsupported by prior early-phase data (55.0% vs 96.1%, P < .001), and did not meet the primary endpoint (8.7% vs 53.0%, P < .001). Given the observed relationship between encouraging pilot data and subsequent phase III trial success, we contend that future CAM RCTs may yield more promising findings if better supported by appropriately designed and well-characterized early-phase signals.

The Status of Complementary and Alternative Medicine in the United States: The Johns Hopkins University Perspective

2004 ◽  
Vol 08 (23) ◽  
pp. 1278-1281
Author(s):  
Kendall Dupree ◽  
Adrian S. Dobs
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Alternative Medicine ◽  
Complementary And Alternative Medicine ◽  
The United States ◽  
Complementary And Alternative Medicines ◽  
Alternative Medicines ◽  
Johns Hopkins University ◽  
The Us ◽  
The Status ◽  
Complementary And Alternative

The article provides a perspective of the status of complementary and alternative medicine in the US. Scientists from the John Hopkins Hospital discusses about the complementary and alternative medicines in the US.

Preferred Types of Menopause Service Delivery

2011 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Abbey Hyde ◽  
Jean Nee ◽  
Michelle Butler ◽  
Jonathan Drennan ◽  
Etaoine Howlett
Keyword(s):  
Health Service ◽  
Service Delivery ◽  
Alternative Medicine ◽  
Complementary And Alternative Medicine ◽  
General Practitioners ◽  
Psychosocial Issues ◽  
The Status ◽  
Networks Analysis ◽  
Complementary And Alternative

This article analyses what a sample of women experiencing menopause say they would like in terms of a quality menopause health service. Thirty-nine women who defined themselves as currently or recently menopausal were interviewed in depth, and data were analysed using a qualitative strategy known as thematic networks analysis. In terms of the structure of a menopause service, the dominant picture emerging was that women wanted an integrative menopause service where General Practitioners would act as a gateway to both biomedical treatments and complementary and alternative medicine. In addition, participants recommended that practitioners be knowledgeable about the wider (psychosocial) issues associated with menopause, and well versed in a range of therapies. In terms of process issues, participants wanted a service where their experiences were listened to and taken seriously. Given the tension between biomedicine and complementary and alternative medicine over the status of knowledge and diverse approaches to what counts as evidence about whether or not a therapy works, at least some aspects of what participants want from a menopause service may be very difficult to realise.

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