Complementary and alternative medicines in ankylosing spondylitis: a cross-sectional study

Prevalence of dietary complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) and consultation with a CAM practitioner was examined in a cross-sectional study of 75 AS patients. Seventy one of 75 (94.7%) study participants reported previous or current CAM use. Among these AS patients, 44 (72.1%) reported dieta...

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Published in:Clinical rheumatology 2009-02, Vol.28 (2), p.213-217
Main Authors: Chatfield, Simon M, Dharmage, Shyamali C, Boers, Anthony, Martin, Belinda J, Buchanan, Russell R. C, Maksymowych, Walter P, Schachna, Lionel
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acupuncture - statistics & numerical data
Adult
Alternative medicine
Ankylosing spondylitis
Brief Report
Complementary and alternative medicines
Complementary Therapies - methods
Complementary Therapies - utilization
Cross-Sectional Studies
diet
Diet Therapy - utilization
Female
Homeopathy - statistics & numerical data
Humans
Male
Massage - utilization
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Middle Aged
Prevalence
Referral and Consultation - utilization
Rheumatology
Social Class
Spondylitis, Ankylosing - therapy
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Summary:Prevalence of dietary complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) and consultation with a CAM practitioner was examined in a cross-sectional study of 75 AS patients. Seventy one of 75 (94.7%) study participants reported previous or current CAM use. Among these AS patients, 44 (72.1%) reported dietary CAM use and 27 (36.0%) were seeing a CAM practitioner at the time of study. Of 89 dietary CAM, 50 (56.4%) were perceived to be of slight or no benefit, and only 10 (11.2%) were initiated by a CAM practitioner. Compared with non-users, current dietary CAM users were more likely to be female (OR 6.5; 95% CI, 1.8-23.9). Patients attending a CAM practitioner were more likely to have university education (OR 5.7; 95% CI, 1.5-21.9) and higher BASDAI (OR 1.3; 95%CI, 1.0-1.7). Despite low rates of perceived benefit, dietary CAM use and CAM practitioner attendance is common among AS patients.
ISSN:0770-3198
1434-9949
DOI:10.1007/s10067-008-1029-3