Complementary and alternative medicine use in an Australian kidney transplant recipient population

Complementary and alternative medicine use in an Australian kidney transplant recipient population

The prevalence of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use in kidney transplant recipients in Australia is unknown. Chronic transplant recipients completed a questionnaire, and participants who did not report CAM use also had medical chart audits. Among 127 participants, CAM use was reported...

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Published in:Internal medicine journal Vol. 52; no. 4; pp. 671 - 675
Main Authors: De Souza, Laura, Krishnasamy, Rathika, Waugh, Jane, Gray, Nicholas A.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Melbourne John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd 01-04-2022
Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
Subjects:
Alternative medicine
Australia - epidemiology
complementary medicine
Complementary Therapies
Humans
kidney transplant
Kidney Transplantation
Kidney transplants
Surveys and Questionnaires
Transplant Recipients
Australia
complementary medicine
kidney transplant
alternative medicine
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Summary:The prevalence of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use in kidney transplant recipients in Australia is unknown. Chronic transplant recipients completed a questionnaire, and participants who did not report CAM use also had medical chart audits. Among 127 participants, CAM use was reported by 26.8%, considerably lower than the general population. These findings may reflect underreporting due to misperception about what constitutes CAM (commonly vitamin use was not reported by the group denying CAM use), or perhaps a motivated population who are receptive to education efforts from the transplant team.
Bibliography:Disclosures: N. A. Gray has received speakers honoraria from Astrazeneca and travel honoraria from Amgen Australia. R. Krishnasamy has received consultancy fees, travel sponsorships, speaker's honoraria and research grants from Baxter Healthcare and travel sponsorship from Amgen. R. Krishnasamy is a current recipient of Queensland Advancing Clinical Research Fellowship.
Conflict of interest: None.
Funding: None.
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ISSN:1444-0903
1445-5994
DOI:10.1111/imj.15735