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dc.contributor.authorSimões-Wüst, Ana Paula-
dc.contributor.authorRist, Lukas-
dc.contributor.authorDettling, Marcel-
dc.date.accessioned2021-02-11T09:59:00Z-
dc.date.available2021-02-11T09:59:00Z-
dc.date.issued2012-
dc.identifier.issn1876-3820de_CH
dc.identifier.issn1876-3839de_CH
dc.identifier.urihttps://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/21634-
dc.description.abstractBackground: 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.de_CH
dc.language.isoende_CH
dc.publisherElsevierde_CH
dc.relation.ispartofEuropean Journal of Integrative Medicinede_CH
dc.rightsLicence according to publishing contractde_CH
dc.subject.ddc610: Medizin und Gesundheitde_CH
dc.titleMedication use by CAM users and non-users : a Swiss cross-sectional surveyde_CH
dc.typeBeitrag in wissenschaftlicher Zeitschriftde_CH
dcterms.typeTextde_CH
zhaw.departementSchool of Engineeringde_CH
zhaw.organisationalunitInstitut für Datenanalyse und Prozessdesign (IDP)de_CH
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.eujim.2012.07.879de_CH
zhaw.funding.euNode_CH
zhaw.originated.zhawYesde_CH
zhaw.pages.end173de_CH
zhaw.pages.start172de_CH
zhaw.publication.statuspublishedVersionde_CH
zhaw.volume4de_CH
zhaw.publication.reviewPeer review (Publikation)de_CH
zhaw.webfeedPredictive Analyticsde_CH
zhaw.funding.zhawWirksamkeit von Komplementär- und Alternativmedizinde_CH
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zhaw.display.portraitYesde_CH
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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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