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

Laura De Souza; Rathika Krishnasamy; Jane Waugh; Nicholas Gray

doi:10.1111/imj.15735

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

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

Laura De Souza, Rathika Krishnasamy, Jane Waugh and Nicholas Gray

Internal Medicine Journal, Vol.52(4), pp.671-675

2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/imj.15735

PMID: 35419957

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alternative medicine

complementary medicine

kidney transplant

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.

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Title: Complementary and alternative medicine use in an Australian kidney transplant recipient population
Authors: Laura De Souza (Corresponding Author) - Sunshine Coast University Hospital (Australia)
Rathika Krishnasamy (Author) - Sunshine Coast University Hospital (Australia)
Jane Waugh (Author) - Sunshine Coast University Hospital (Australia)
Nicholas Gray (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Health and Behavioural Sciences - Legacy
Publication details: Internal Medicine Journal, Vol.52(4), pp.671-675
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia
Date published: 2022
DOI: 10.1111/imj.15735
ISSN: 1445-5994
PMID: 35419957
Organisation Unit: UniSC Clinical Trials Centre; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Health and Behavioural Sciences - Legacy
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99629435602621
Output Type: Journal article

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