Prevalence of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use in the General Population in the Czech Republic
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
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Alternative codes found
RIV/00216208:11160/16:10328295
Result on the web
<a href="http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/443712" target="_blank" >http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/443712</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000443712" target="_blank" >10.1159/000443712</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Prevalence of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use in the General Population in the Czech Republic
Original language description
Background: Prevalence rates of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use are still missing for some European countries, especially in the East. Thus, we measured patterns and determinants of CAM use among a representative sample of the general population in the Czech Republic. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted. A sex-, age-and region-stratified sample of citizens aged 15 and older were randomly selected from voter registration lists (n = 8,639,375). Results: Overall, 76.0% (n = 1,365) of the respondents reported use of one or more CAM modalities during the past 30 days. The top five CAM modalities used were vitamins/minerals (54.6%), herbal remedies (47.8%), massage (19.9%), relaxation techniques (9.5%), and dietary supplements excluding vitamins/minerals (9.2%). Prevention (82.0%) was the primary reason for CAM use. Only 15.9% of CAM users employed it for therapeutic purposes. The most commonly treated ailments were respiratory (35.0%) and musculoskeletal (33.6%) disorders. Conclusion: The prevalence of CAM use in the Czech Republic is high, especially among people who apply CAM for self-treatment prior to seeing a doctor. Half of the study population combined CAM with conventional medical treatment, which may result in potential harm to the patient. Healthcare providers as well as the public should be educated about effective and safe use of CAM.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP classification
FQ - Public health system, social medicine
OECD FORD branch
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Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2016
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Forschende Komplementarmedizin
ISSN
1021-7096
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
23
Issue of the periodical within the volume
1
Country of publishing house
DE - GERMANY
Number of pages
7
Pages from-to
22-28
UT code for WoS article
000371786400006
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-84978145311