A comparison of decision-making processes for conventional and complementary medicine in cancer patients

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作者：
Carmady, Bridget [1 ]
Smith, Caroline A. [1 ]
Colagiuri, Ben [2 ]
机构：
[1] Univ Western Sydney, Ctr Complementary Med Res, Penrith, NSW 2751, Australia
[2] Univ Sydney, Sch Psychol A18, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
来源：
COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES IN CLINICAL PRACTICE | 2013年 / 19卷 / 01期
关键词：
Cancer; Oncology; Decision-making; Complementary medicine; Survey;
D O I：
10.1016/j.ctcp.2012.10.003
中图分类号：
R [医药、卫生];
学科分类号：
10 ;
摘要：
To understand the decision-making processes involved in conventional medicine and complementary medicine cancer treatment, and the role that information plays, a cross-sectional survey of cancer patients was carried out at 2 Australian cancer centres. Data was obtained from 75 cancer patients. When asked about complementary medicine use, 36 (48%) patients reported using some form of complementary medicine in conjunction with their conventional treatment. In terms of decision-making, our findings suggest that although cancer patients appear to be at different stages of decision-making for complementary medicine compared with conventional medicine, there was no difference between the decision-making process for cancer patients when it comes to utilising conventional medicine or complementary medicine: patients reported comparable high decisional self-efficacy and low decisional conflict for both areas of medicine. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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