Complementary medicine use among general internal medicine inpatients in a Swiss university hospital

International Journal of Clinical Practice
Isabelle DucrestPierre-Yves Rodondi

Abstract

Complementary Medicine (CM) is frequently used by the general population, but data about prevalence among hospitalised patients are scarce. We evaluated the prevalence and determinants of CM use by inpatients, lifetime, 2 months before and during their hospitalisation in a general internal medicine ward. Cross-sectional survey conducted in September 2014 among adult (≥18 years) patients hospitalised for at least 1 day in the general internal medicine ward of the Lausanne University Hospital, Switzerland. The association between the socio-demographic data and CM used were assessed using logistic regression model. Among the 289 eligible patients, 130 (45%, mean age 68.9±16.4 years, 59.2% male) were included. The lifetime prevalence of CM use was 74.6%. One-third (31.5%) and one-tenth of patients reported CM use 2 months prior or during hospitalisation, respectively. The four most reported CM used during lifetime were homeopathy (54.6%), herbal medicine (49.5%), therapeutic massage (47.4%), and osteopathy (44.3%). Herbal medicine, homeopathy, meditation and therapeutic massage were the four main CM used during hospitalisation. On bivariate analysis, lifetime use of CM was significantly associated with higher level of education (ap...Continue Reading

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Mar 20, 2021·BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies·Emmanuelle LüthiPierre-Yves Rodondi
May 24, 2020·Complementary Therapies in Medicine·M Ben-SassonE Schiff

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