Use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) by parents in their children and adolescents with epilepsy – Prevelance, predictors and parents' assessment

The behavior pattern of parents of patients with subacute sclerosing panencephalitis concerning alternative medicine

“…In our study, the main reason for using these methods was "treatment" in both groups. The benefit rates of these agents reported by 14/29 in SSPE group and 3/8 in epilepsy group are similar to those reported by Hartman et al 13 Differences between results of different studies may be related to cultural differences, educational level, time after diagnosis (parents becoming more interested in these treatment methods in time), and the importance of alternative treatment methods for investigators, patients or caregivers.…”

“…Very recently, Hartmann et al 13 studied 164 parents and reported that 13% stated that they used alternative medicine methods in their child. The main reason of using alternative medicine was reported as the adverse events associated with anti-convulsant medications.…”

Parental attitudes toward pediatric use of complementary/alternative medicine in Turkey

“…This result obtained from the study is similar to the results of other studies. In the studies evaluating the incidence of CAM use, it was found that the percentage of use was higher in individuals having a higher income level (Hartmann et al., ; Krastins et al., ; Lim et al., ; Provenzi, Saettini, Barello, & Borgatti, ; Revuelta‐Iniesta et al., ).…”

“…In Turkey, the CAM methods frequently used by parents were found to be medicinal herbs (Giray‐Bozkaya et al., ; Tuncel et al., ), salting (Giray‐Bozkaya et al., ), praying (Buyuk, Gudek, & Kalayci, ; Giray‐Bozkaya et al., ; Tuncel et al., ) and wearing an evil‐eye amulet (Tuncel et al., ). The most commonly used CAM methods in European countries were homeopathy, herbal drugs, acupuncture, aromatherapy, and anthroposophy (Hartmann et al., ; Längler & Zuzak, ; Posadzki et al., ).…”

Use of Self-Medication with Homeopathy in Germany: Results of an Online Questionnaire Survey

“…A survey amongst parents about the use of CAM for children with epilepsy in 2016 showed that the Internet was the most frequent source of information (67%). Family and friends (62%), newspapers (33%), and pharmacists (24%) were named as further sources of information [24]. Conversely, the Allensbach survey on the use of homeopathy showed in 2014 that 67% of participants made their decisions based on the advice of friends and family while only 12% used books and 8% the Internet for their decision-making [14].…”