The Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine by the General Population in the Czech Republic: A Follow-Up Study

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/00216208:11160/18:10382210

Result on the web

<a href="http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/479229" target="_blank" >http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/479229</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000479229" target="_blank" >10.1159/000479229</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

The Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine by the General Population in the Czech Republic: A Follow-Up Study

Original language description

Background: The prevalence of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) ranges between 0.3% and 86% in most highly developed countries. In the Czech Republic, CAM is used by 76% of the general population. Our aim was to examine patterns in CAM use among a representative sample of the general population in the Czech Republic, for 2011 and 2014. Material and Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted. A sex-, age- and region-stratified sample of citizens aged 15 years and older was randomly selected from the 2014 voter registration lists (n = 8,395,132). A comparative analysis of data collected in 2011 and 2014 was performed. Results: Overall, 76.0% (N = 1,365) versus 87.0% (N = 1,565) of the respondents reported use of 1 or more CAM modalities during the past 30 days, in 2011 and 2014, respectively (p &lt; 0.001). In both years, the top 4 CAM modalities used were vitamins/minerals, herbal teas, massage, and relaxation. Yoga replaced dietary supplements excluding vitamins/minerals in the 5th position. Nevertheless, only herbal teas (48.0% vs. 53.0%, p = 0.002), massage (20.0% vs. 26.0%, p &lt; 0.001), relaxation (10.0% vs. 19.0%, p &lt; 0.001), and yoga (3.7% vs. 7.1%, p &lt; 0.001) showed a significant increase in use. Conclusions: The prevalence of CAM use in the Czech Republic is increasing, especially among people who use biological, body-and mind-based CAM therapies. There is a great need to educate students and health care professionals about the efficacy and safety of CAM in order to meet the patients&apos; demands on CAM.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30104 - Pharmacology and pharmacy

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2018

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Complementary Medicine Research

ISSN

2504-2092

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

25

Issue of the periodical within the volume

3

Country of publishing house

CH - SWITZERLAND

Number of pages

8

Pages from-to

159-166

UT code for WoS article

000437467300008

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85032343530