Patterns of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use in Children with Common Neurological Conditions
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Patterns of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use in Children With Common Neurological Conditions
BACKGROUND Recent literature suggests that one in nine children in the United States uses some type of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). Children with challenging neurological conditions such as headache, migraine, and seizures may seek CAM in their attempts at self-care. Our objective was to describe CAM use in children with these conditions. METHODS We compared use of CAM among ...
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Results Children with common neurological conditions reported significantly more CAM use compared to the children without these symptoms (22.2% vs 11.0%, p<0.0001). Compared to other pediatric CAM users, children with neurological conditions report significantly higher use of mind-body techniques than those without (36.6% vs 20.5%, p<0.007). Of the mind-body techniques, deep breathing (33.7%), ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Global Advances in Health and Medicine
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2164-9561,2164-9561
DOI: 10.7453/gahmj.2013.001