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KMID : 0358120020280030225
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Journal of the Korean Public Health Association
2002 Volume.28 No. 3 p.225 ~ p.238
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Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Cancer Patients at 7 General Hospitals in Seoul
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Lee Eun-Il
Shin You-Choel
Lee Ju-Hyun
Kim Soon-Duck
Kim Hae-Joon
Jo Moo-Sung
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Abstract
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Objective of this study was to determine the prevalence and kinds of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) used in cancer patients. Questionnaire survey was done by trained interviewers for use of CAM, demographic information, type of cancer and cancer stage for 512 cancer patients in 7 general hospitals in Seoul. Among the cancer patients, the total number of inpatients was 315 and outpatients 197. The results were as follows. Among cancer patients, 55.5% of them used CAM. The patients who were 30´s and 40´s showed high rate of CAM use(59.2%, 64.7%). Stomach cancer patients showed highest rate of CAM use(75.6%) among cancer patients. Liver cancer and breast cancer patients also showed high rate of CAM use (71.1%, 60.3%). The patients received chemotherapy showed higher rate of CAM use(60,6%) than the patients not received chemotherapy(43.7%). By multiple logistic regression, stomach cancer, liver cancer, and chemotherapy were statistically significant variables for use of CAM. Among cancer patients, the use of herbs was highest(86.0%), followed by diet(46.5%) and chinese medicine(14.1%). Elm tree was the most frequently used(49.6%), however, total usage of mushrooms such as Sang-Whang, Young-Gee, Agaricus, Woon-Gee were 57%. The number of CAM items used by cancer patients were limited and it is necessary for scientific data to prove the their effect
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KEYWORD
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Complementary and alternative medicine, cancer, chemotherapy
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