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Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use by Patients With Gastrointestinal Diseases.
      01/23/05 04:56 PM
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February 2005, 39:2

The Incidence of Self-prescribed Oral Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use by Patients With Gastrointestinal Diseases.

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology. 39(2):138-141, February 2005.

Kong, San Choon MRCP *; Hurlstone, David P MRCP, MD *; Pocock, Charlotte Y MB, ChB *; Walkington, Lucy A MB, ChB *; Farquharson, Nina R MB, ChB *; Bramble, Michael G MD, FRCP +; McAlindon, Mark E MD, FRCP *; Sanders, David S MRCP, MD, FACG *

Abstract:
Goals: To assess the incidence of oral complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) usage by gastroenterology patients at a single university center and compare against controls.

Background: The public awareness and usage of CAM have increased. The use of CAM has been described in patients with functional bowel disorders; however, their role in patients with gastrointestinal disease is less clear.

Study: Patients attending luminal gastroenterology clinics and customers at local supermarkets completed a 30-point, structured questionnaire assessing their use of CAM.

Results: A total of 1,409 subjects were recruited. The incidence of CAM use was 49.5% for inflammatory bowel disease, 50.9% for irritable bowel syndrome, 20% for general gastrointestinal diseases, and 27% for controls. Pearson's [chi]2 tests showed that patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) or irritable bowel syndrome were more likely to use CAM than controls (P < 0.001). Binary logistic regression analysis showed that females were more likely to take CAM than men (P < 0.05).

Conclusions: The percentage of CAM users among patients with IBD is similar to those with a functional diagnosis. Increasing numbers of IBD patients are using CAM in addition to conventional therapy. Awareness of this may prevent adverse CAM and conventional drug interactions.

(C) 2005 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc.

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