&lt;p&gt;Complementary and Alternative Medicine Practice Among Saudi Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease: A Cross-Sectional Study&lt;/p&gt;

AlAnizy, Layla; AlMatham, Khalid; Basheer, Asmaa Al; AlFayyad, Isamme

doi:10.2147/ijnrd.s240705

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“…Interest is CAM among the Saudi population for general health and for health-related issues has been well documented [ 16 , 17 ]. Specific to CD, only very few studies investigated the use of CAM among Saudi CD patients [ 18 , 19 ]. However, a comprehensive investigation of the most common types of CAM use among the Saudi chronic disease population is still lacking from Qassim, Saudi Arabia.…”

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A Cross-Sectional Assessment of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) Use among Patients with Chronic Diseases (CDs) in Qassim, Saudi Arabia

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This study aims to investigate CAM use among CD patients from Qassim, Saudi Arabia and to compare CAM practice with different demographic and disease characteristics of the participants. A cross-sectional study was conducted among CD patients. During the three-months of data collection period, a total of 377 patients were approached and 208 patients participated in the study, giving a response rate of 55.17%. A p value of <0.05 was considered as significant. Among the study population, 94 (45.2%) patients were CAM users. Diabetes mellitus patients were the majority (48 (51.06%)) followed by hypertensive patients (34 (36.17%)). Spiritual therapies were the most common CAM followed by herbal products. Among CAM users, 41 (19.7%) patients reported disclosing CAM use to their health care providers. Among all the sociodemographic variables, gender (p = 0.029), marital status (p = 0.034) and education level (p = 0.047) were significantly associated with CAM use. In conclusion, the use of CAM among CD patients was relatively high in Qassim. Patients reported using CAM without disclosing to their health care providers which is a major health risk. It is critical to counsel CD patients regarding rational and informed CAM use in order to prevent harmful and unwanted effects.

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A Cross-Sectional Assessment of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) Use among Patients with Chronic Diseases (CDs) in Qassim, Saudi Arabia

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“…Herbal medicine is a nomenclature that incorporates many types of practices. Results in different settings may diverge and previous studies has showed an even larger use among HD patients (21,22,24,26,27,33,34,63). A further group includes people mainly using massages (CAM pro le 2, 9.1%).…”

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“…Their use among HD patient is widely documented in recent literature with utilization rates that span between 26% and 65% (21-35). The most used CAM appear to be psychotherapy (21,22,25,27,28,31,33), body-mind practices such as meditation, (21)(22)(23)27,28,32), and spiritual practices (24,27,28). The effects of CAM on symptoms are still debated and largely depend on the type of CAM used by HD patients, although effects on anxiety (36) and even mortality rates (37) were reported.…”

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Relationship among symptoms, quality of life, and complementary and alternative medicines use among patients undergoing hemodialysis in French-speaking Switzerland

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Antonini

Delmas

2023

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Background Chronic renal disease is considered a main public health problem due to its high prevalence in the population. The solution of choice currently available is kidney transplantation but when this option is not available, blood purification treatments, notably haemodialysis (HD), are necessary. The presence of chronic renal disease combined with this demanding medical procedure leads to a hard symptomatology. To face this situation, HD patients often resort to complementary and alternative medicines (CAM) as they perceive that the healthcare professionals aren’t paying enough attention to their quality of life. Given this background, we aim to describe the prevalence and the type of the CAM used among HD patients and their possible relations with patients’ symptomatology and quality of life. Methods We interviewed 122 patients, undergoing hemodialysis in three hemodialysis centers in French-speaking Switzerland, about the presence of symptoms, their quality of life, and the possible use of CAM. Cluster analysis was used to create patients’ profiles about CAM use and regression analysis to explore the links between symptoms’ presence, patients’ quality of life, and CAM use. Results Our results show a large use of CAM: almost two HD patients out of three uses at least one CAM. Using cluster analysis, we were able to identify five patients’ profiles: non-users (37.5% of our sample), users of herbal medicine (20.5%), users of prayer-based practices (18.2%), people mainly using massages (9.1%), and a residual group including the users of other CAM, with a predominance of meditation (14.8%). As expected, we observe a negative relation between the number of declared symptoms and patients' quality of life. Contrarily, we observe no relation between the use of CAM and the presence of symptoms. Our results show a positive relationship between the use of CAM and patients’ overall perception of health as well as the psychological dimension of their quality of life. No relationship is observed with other dimensions of quality of life, notably the physical dimension. Conclusions Our results suggests that CAMs aren’t used as a substitute of official medicine but as a parallel support to HD patients’ quality of life.

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“…Alternative medicine practices are widespread in both developed and developing countries. 19 , 20 In a study of 111 Muslims in the United Kingdom, most believed in ghosts, spirits, black magic, and the evil eye. About half believed that these forces caused their physical and mental health problems and that illnesses should be treated by both physicians and religious scholars.…”

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Dialysis Decision Making, Dialysis Experiences, and Illness Perceptions: A Qualitative Study of Pakistani Patients Receiving Maintenance Hemodialysis

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<p>Complementary and Alternative Medicine Practice Among Saudi Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease: A Cross-Sectional Study</p>

Cited by 12 publications

References 36 publications

A Cross-Sectional Assessment of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) Use among Patients with Chronic Diseases (CDs) in Qassim, Saudi Arabia

A Cross-Sectional Assessment of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) Use among Patients with Chronic Diseases (CDs) in Qassim, Saudi Arabia

Relationship among symptoms, quality of life, and complementary and alternative medicines use among patients undergoing hemodialysis in French-speaking Switzerland

Dialysis Decision Making, Dialysis Experiences, and Illness Perceptions: A Qualitative Study of Pakistani Patients Receiving Maintenance Hemodialysis

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