Prevalence and Factors Associated with Parental Complementary and Alternative Medicine Utilization for Children with Cancer in Pediatric Oncology at Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital,Addis Ababa ,Ethiopia, 2020.
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2020-06
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Addis Ababa University
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Background: Complementary and Alternative medicine is a group of various medical and health‑care systems, practices, and products that are not currently part of conventional medicine. The use of complementary and alternative medicine among cancer patients has grown rapidly worldwide. Yet, In Ethiopia studies conducted on pediatrics cancer patients so far are very limited. This study aimed at assessing the prevalence and factors associated with parental complementary and alternative medicine utilization for children with cancer.
Objective: To assess the Prevalence and factors associated with parental Complementary and Alternative Medicine Utilization for children with cancer in the Pediatric oncology unit at Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Methodology: Institutional-based cross-sectional study design was used.
Data was collected using structured interviewer-administered questionnaire.
The study was conducted among 126 Parents of the child among those who were visited black lion Hospital pediatric oncology between April 13- May 12. Descriptive and logistic regression analysis were used to present the data.
Result: It was found that 59.5 % of parents had used CAM for their children with cancer. The top therapies used were spiritual healing 79.3% (special prayer sittings,45.3%), Tsebel (33.3%) and lighting candle 1.33% followed by Biological based methods 17.3(used herbs, 16%, and Honey 1.3%) and Manipulative therapies (Relaxation, 2.7%) Residence who live in a rural area were [AOR= 0.34 (P. 0.04, (0.12-0.97], Region, educational level Presence of Health problems (co-morbidity) [AOR=4.76 (P.0.06, (4.76(1.57--14.4)] were
associated with parental CAM use for children with cancer.
Conclusion and recommendation: There were high parental CAM utilization for children in this study (59.3%). Residence parents, region, educational status of parents, comorbidity of the child with cancer were associated with parental CAM use. Examine the coordination of services between these two diverse systems of health care; factors related to use and the outcomes of patients with cancer who use CAM. Further study is needed to determine the effect of independent self-treatment with CAM on the use of conventional health services and treatment for cancer.
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Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Pediatric cancer, Ethiopia