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Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use in Children with a Developmental Disability and Co-occurring Medical Conditions
Complementary therapies in medicine, v 53, 102527
01 Sep 2020
PMID: 33066848
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Abstract
Objective: The primary aim of this study was to evaluate differences in the prevalence of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) usage among children with and without developmental disabilities (DD). Secondarily, the association between CAM usage and comorbid chronic medical conditions was explored among children with DD.
Design: Data come from the 2012 Child Complementary and Alternative Medicine Supplement of the National Health Interview Survey, a nationally representative sample of children in the United States between the ages of 4 and 17 (n = 10,218).Main outcome measures Multiple logistical regression models provided insight into the relationships between parent-report CAM usage, DD, and chronic medical conditions.
Results: Children with developmental disabilities were more likely to use CAMs compared to their typically developing peers (21% vs 16%). Children with DDs and comorbid chronic medical conditions used CAMs at even higher rates (23% vs 18%).
Conclusions: Results indicated that children with DD, especially those with a co-occurring chronic medical condition, use CAMs more often that typically developing children. Given scarcity of information on safety and effectiveness, clinical providers need to be alert to which children may be more likely to be exposed to CAMs. Communication between parents and providers needs to include discussion of CAM treatments.
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- Title
- Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use in Children with a Developmental Disability and Co-occurring Medical Conditions
- Creators
- Corina R. Zisman - National Institute of Mental HealthMarisa A. Patti - Brown UniversityLuther G. Kalb - Johns Hopkins UniversityEmma K. Stapp - National Institute of Mental HealthKathryn Van Eck - Kennedy Krieger InstituteHeather Volk - Johns Hopkins UniversityCalliope Holingue - Johns Hopkins University
- Publication Details
- Complementary therapies in medicine, v 53, 102527
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Number of pages
- 8
- Grant note
- Intramural Research Program of the National Institute of Mental Health; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- A.J. Drexel Autism Institute
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000582584000015
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85088951978
- Other Identifier
- 991022005186004721
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- Domestic collaboration
- Web of Science research areas
- Integrative & Complementary Medicine