| Publikationstyp: | Beitrag in wissenschaftlicher Zeitschrift |
| Art der Begutachtung: | Peer review (Publikation) |
| Titel: | Medication use by CAM users and non-users : a Swiss cross-sectional survey |
| Autor/-in: | Simões-Wüst, Ana Paula Rist, Lukas Dettling, Marcel |
| et. al: | No |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.eujim.2012.07.879 |
| Erschienen in: | European Journal of Integrative Medicine |
| Band(Heft): | 4 |
| Seite(n): | 172 |
| Seiten bis: | 173 |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 2012 |
| Verlag / Hrsg. Institution: | Elsevier |
| ISSN: | 1876-3820 1876-3839 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Fachgebiet (DDC): | 610: Medizin und Gesundheit |
| Zusammenfassung: | Background: Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is very popular in Switzerland. Whether making use of CAM therapies is associated with an altered usage of therapies from conventional medicine is, to date, not precisely known. Aims: The present work aims to quantify how CAM use affects the consumption of conventional medications. Methods: Data from the 2007 Swiss Health Survey were used to define two types of participants: CAM users (those who had used of any of 12 types of CAM during the last 12 months, n = 3333) and non-users (those that stated not having used any of the listed CAM-therapies during the last 12 months, n = 9821). Consumption of several conventional medications as well as demographic parameters, perceived health condition and some lifestyle characteristics were compared between groups. Multivariate logistic regression models were used to determine the predictors of CAM use and to address relevance and magnitude of the differences in medication consumption between CAM users and non-users. Results: The following factors were associated with increased probability of using CAM: younger age, female gender, having French as the national language, high education, lower body mass index (BMI), as well as suffering from migraine, arthritis, allergies or depression. From the multivariate logistic regression models, with which the effects of demographic factors, BMI and perceived health were compensated for, we concluded that CAM users consumed fewer medications for cardiovascular diseases – high blood pressure, high cholesterol and heart problems (and diabetes). On the other hand, it was observed that their consumption of analgesics, medications for depression and for constipation (and sedatives) was higher. Conclusions: While suffering from some diseases such as migraine, arthritis, depression and constipation might lead patients both to make use of CAM therapies and to consume more of some conventional medications, this study indicates that people suffering from chronic cardiovascular problems may have benefited from CAM use, as they consumed less conventional medications, even upon compensating for well-known risk factors and with similar rates of high cholesterol and infarction. Given their long intake period and their considerable side effects, the lower consumption of medications for chronic cardiovascular problems by CAM users deserves further investigations. |
| URI: | https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/21634 |
| Volltext Version: | Publizierte Version |
| Lizenz (gemäss Verlagsvertrag): | Lizenz gemäss Verlagsvertrag |
| Departement: | School of Engineering |
| Organisationseinheit: | Institut für Datenanalyse und Prozessdesign (IDP) |
| Publiziert im Rahmen des ZHAW-Projekts: | Wirksamkeit von Komplementär- und Alternativmedizin |
| Enthalten in den Sammlungen: | Publikationen School of Engineering |
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Simões-Wüst, A. P., Rist, L., & Dettling, M. (2012). Medication use by CAM users and non-users : a Swiss cross-sectional survey. European Journal of Integrative Medicine, 4, 172–173. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eujim.2012.07.879
Simões-Wüst, A.P., Rist, L. and Dettling, M. (2012) ‘Medication use by CAM users and non-users : a Swiss cross-sectional survey’, European Journal of Integrative Medicine, 4, pp. 172–173. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eujim.2012.07.879.
A. P. Simões-Wüst, L. Rist, and M. Dettling, “Medication use by CAM users and non-users : a Swiss cross-sectional survey,” European Journal of Integrative Medicine, vol. 4, pp. 172–173, 2012, doi: 10.1016/j.eujim.2012.07.879.
SIMÕES-WÜST, Ana Paula, Lukas RIST und Marcel DETTLING, 2012. Medication use by CAM users and non-users : a Swiss cross-sectional survey. European Journal of Integrative Medicine. 2012. Bd. 4, S. 172–173. DOI 10.1016/j.eujim.2012.07.879
Simões-Wüst, Ana Paula, Lukas Rist, and Marcel Dettling. 2012. “Medication Use by CAM Users and Non-Users : A Swiss Cross-Sectional Survey.” European Journal of Integrative Medicine 4: 172–73. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eujim.2012.07.879.
Simões-Wüst, Ana Paula, et al. “Medication Use by CAM Users and Non-Users : A Swiss Cross-Sectional Survey.” European Journal of Integrative Medicine, vol. 4, 2012, pp. 172–73, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eujim.2012.07.879.
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