Complementary and Alternative Medicine Behaviors and Beliefs in Urban Adolescents with Asthma

Cotton, Sian; Luberto, Christina M.; Yi, Michael S.; Tsevat, Joel

doi:10.3109/02770903.2011.570406

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“…Consistent with prior evidence, teens with better control regarded symptoms as more serious, responded sooner, and used fewer non-pharmacologic symptom-management strategies [37–40]. Conversely, higher thresholds for treatment corresponded with greater symptom tolerance, delayed treatment patterns, and poorer control.…”

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Perceptions and experiences underlying self-management and reporting of symptoms in teens with asthma

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Background Teens often have inadequate asthma self-management and control. However, little is known of their perceptions of or rationales for self-management behaviors. Objectives To explore how teens self-manage asthma, including experiences, perceptions, responses to and reporting of symptoms. Methods A case-based, qualitative-descriptive design was used. Data were collected from minority and non-minority teens with controlled and uncontrolled asthma and their respective parents (N=28). There were four data-collection points, including: (1) a primary teen interview; (2) parent interview; (3) two-week self-management voice-diary; and (4) follow-up teen interview, incorporating symptom-response card-sorting to map symptoms and associated self-management responses. Seventy data sources were included in the analysis. Results Teens thought of their asthma symptoms as normal or unusual relative to their personal baseline symptom pattern; Those with uncontrolled asthma normalized higher levels of asthma symptoms than their counterparts with controlled asthma. Second, teens’ decisions to treat symptoms of asthma with rescue medication were based on perceived benefits, burdens and accessibility of treatment balanced against perceived normalcy of symptoms. Teens with uncontrolled asthma had substantially higher treatment thresholds and delayed responses to symptoms compared to controlled peers. Third, teens never reported perceived normal symptoms of asthma to parents or providers, who were thus only aware of unusual or visible/audible symptoms. Conclusions Teen’s perceptions of symptoms and understanding of what is normal is the basis for self-management decisions. Improving self-management will likely entail modifying perceptions of symptoms and benefits/burdens of treatment to achieve healthier self-management patterns.

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Perceptions and experiences underlying self-management and reporting of symptoms in teens with asthma

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“…Most the young adult participants 69.1% showed that use unconventional medicine in their life. Similar to previous studies [12,13] indicted that 71% and 80% of young adult using UM. In our study indicated that Quran/Roqua/pray, herbal medicine, honey therapy and sports therapy are common type of UM used by the young adults which similar to previous study include young adults and adults in Qassim Province [10] .…”

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“…This study similar to previous studies that young adults can be affected by people [10,19] . The most common reason of using UM is treating illness which similar to other studies [10,12,13,19] . In this study showed similar previous studies [20] the young adult showed positive attitude about UM.…”

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The Patterns Use and Attitudes toward Unconventional Medicine among Saudi Young Adults: Cross Sectional Study

2017

ARC Journal of Public Health and Community Medicine

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“…45 Based on clinical and populationspecific studies, adolescents most commonly use biologically based dietary approaches (both avoiding dietary triggers and taking dietary supplements) and mind-body practices, many of which can be implemented at costs lower than CAM modalities requiring professional assistance. [46][47][48][49] The efficacy of acupuncture, thermal biofeedback, and hypnosis for children with HA has been documented. 50 However, little is known about the extent of the use of these types of CAM therapies among youth experiencing HA.…”

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Complementary and Conventional Medicine Use Among Youth With Recurrent Headaches

2013

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WHAT'S KNOWN ON THIS SUBJECT: Use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is increasingly common among American youth; however, information on use of CAM among youth with recurrent headache (HA) is limited. WHAT THIS STUDY ADDS:Youth across a range of chronic conditions experience HA. These youth are more likely to use CAM. Use and expenditures for conventional medical care, and increased difficulties in activity and functioning are greater for youth with HA who use CAM. RESULTS: Of the 10.6% of youth experiencing HA, 29.6% used CAM, rising to 41% for the many HA sufferers who also experienced difficulties with emotions, concentration, behavior, school attendance, or daily activities. Biologically based products (16.2%) and mind-body therapies (13.3%) were most commonly used, especially by the 86.4% of youth with HA experiencing at least 1 other chronic condition. Compared with non-CAM users, youth with HA who used CAM also had higher expenditures for and use of most types of conventional care.CONCLUSIONS: CAM use is most common among youth with HA experiencing multiple chronic conditions and difficulties in daily functioning. Associations among CAM use, multiple chronic conditions, and higher use of conventional care highlight the need for medical providers to routinely ask about CAM use to meet the complex health needs of their patients and facilitate the optimal integration of care. Research is needed to identify models for coordinating complementary and conventional care within a medical home and to understand the health benefits or risks associated with CAM use in conjunction with conventional treatments for patients with HA. Pediatrics 2013;132:e1173-e1183

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Complementary and Alternative Medicine Behaviors and Beliefs in Urban Adolescents with Asthma

Cited by 25 publications

References 45 publications

Perceptions and experiences underlying self-management and reporting of symptoms in teens with asthma

Perceptions and experiences underlying self-management and reporting of symptoms in teens with asthma

The Patterns Use and Attitudes toward Unconventional Medicine among Saudi Young Adults: Cross Sectional Study

Complementary and Conventional Medicine Use Among Youth With Recurrent Headaches

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