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dc.contributor.authorTaylor, David McDen
dc.contributor.authorDhir, Reetikaen
dc.contributor.authorCraig, Simon Sen
dc.contributor.authorLammers, Thaliaen
dc.contributor.authorGardiner, Kayaen
dc.contributor.authorHunter, Kirrilyen
dc.contributor.authorJoffe, Paulen
dc.contributor.authorKrieser, Daviden
dc.contributor.authorBabl, Franz Een
dc.date.accessioned2015-05-16T02:28:22Z-
dc.date.available2015-05-16T02:28:22Z-
dc.date.issued2015-04-14en
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Paediatrics and Child Health 2015; 51(9): 895-900en
dc.identifier.govdoc25872659en
dc.identifier.otherPUBMEDen
dc.identifier.urihttps://ahro.austin.org.au/austinjspui/handle/1/12740en
dc.description.abstractTo determine the period prevalence and nature of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use among paediatric emergency department (ED) patients and the perceptions of CAM among the CAM administrators.A survey was undertaken in four Victorian EDs (January to September 2013). A convenience sample of parents/carers accompanying paediatric patients completed a self-administered questionnaire. The main outcome measures were CAM use and perceptions of CAM.The parents/carers of 883 patients participated. Three hundred eighty-eight (43.9%, 95% confidence interval (CI) 40.6-47.3) and 53 (6.0%, 95% CI 4.6-7.8) patients had taken a CAM within the previous 12 months and on the day of presentation, respectively. There were no gender differences between CAM users and non-users (P = 0.83). The use of CAM was significantly more common among older patients (P < 0.001), those with European ethnicity (P = 0.046) and among those with chronic disease (P < 0.01). Fish oil, garlic, chamomile and acidophilus were the most commonly used CAM. Only 4.4% of CAM use was reported to the ED doctor. There were reports of potentially dangerous CAM use (St John's wort, ginseng). Parents/carers who had administered CAM were more likely to report that CAMs are safe, drug free and could prevent illness (P < 0.01). In addition, a number of this group reported that CAMs are more effective than prescription medicines and safe when taken with prescription medicines.CAM use is common among paediatric ED patients although rarely reported to the ED doctor. Parents/carers who administer CAM have differing perceptions of CAM safety from those who do not.en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.subject.otheralternative medicineen
dc.subject.otherchilden
dc.subject.othercomplementary medicineen
dc.subject.otheremergency departmenten
dc.titleComplementary and alternative medicine use among paediatric emergency department patients.en
dc.typeJournal Articleen
dc.identifier.journaltitleJournal of paediatrics and child healthen
dc.identifier.affiliationDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Austin Health, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australiaen
dc.identifier.affiliationMurdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australiaen
dc.identifier.affiliationEmergency Department, Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australiaen
dc.identifier.affiliationSchool of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australiaen
dc.identifier.affiliationEmergency Department, Sunshine Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australiaen
dc.identifier.affiliationDepartment of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australiaen
dc.identifier.affiliationEmergency Department, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australiaen
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/jpc.12898en
dc.identifier.orcid0000-0002-8986-9997en
dc.identifier.orcid0000-0002-7173-6993en
dc.identifier.pubmedid25872659-
dc.type.austinJournal Articleen
local.name.researcherTaylor, David McD
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