Perspectives of East Asian patients and physicians on complementary and alternative medicine use for inflammatory bowel disease: results of a cross-sectional, multinational studyopen access
- Authors
- Kim, Eun Soo; Tae, Chung Hyun; Jung, Sung-Ae; Il Park, Dong; Im, Jong Pil; Eun, Chang Soo; Yoon, Hyuk; Jang, Byung Ik; Ogata, Haruhiko; Fukuhara, Kayoko; Hirai, Fumihito; Ohtsuka, Kazuo; Liu, Jing; Cao, Qian
- Issue Date
- Apr-2022
- Publisher
- KOREAN ASSOC STUDY INTESTINAL DISEASES
- Keywords
- Complementary and alternative medicine; Inflammatory bowel disease; East Asia
- Citation
- INTESTINAL RESEARCH, v.20, no.2, pp 192 - +
- Indexed
- SCOPUS
ESCI
KCI
- Journal Title
- INTESTINAL RESEARCH
- Volume
- 20
- Number
- 2
- Start Page
- 192
- End Page
- +
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/skku/handle/2021.sw.skku/97515
- DOI
- 10.5217/ir.2020.00150
- ISSN
- 1598-9100
2288-1956
- Abstract
- Background/Aims: Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is prevalent in East Asia. However, information on CAM in East Asian patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is scarce. We aimed to profile the prevalence and pattern of CAM use among East Asian IBD patients and to identify factors associated with CAM use. We also compared physicians perspectives on CAM. Methods: Patients with IBD from China, Japan, and South Korea were invited to complete questionnaires on CAM use. Patient demographic and clinical data were collected. Logistic regression analysis was applied for predictors of CAM use. Physicians from each country were asked about their opinion on CAM services or products. Results: Overall, 905 patients with IBD participated in this study (China 232, Japan 255, and South Korea 418). Approximately 8.6% of patients with IBD used CAM services for their disease, while 29.7% of patients sought at least 1 kind of CALM product. Current active disease and Chinese or South Korean nationality over Japanese were independent predictors of CAM use. Chinese doctors were more likely to consider CAM helpful for patients with IBD than were Japanese and South Korean doctors. Conclusions: In 8.6% and 29.7% of East Asian patients with IBD used CAM services and products, respectively, which does not differ from the prevalence in their Western counterparts. There is a significant gap regarding CAM usage among different Asian countries, not only from the patients' perspective but also from the physicians' point of view.
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