Self-reported use of complementary and alternative medicine in patients with previous acute coronary syndrome
Self-reported use of complementary and alternative medicine in patients with previous acute coronary syndrome
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DOI:
10.1016/j.amjcard.2006.11.041
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发表时间:
2007-04-01
影响因子:
2.8
通讯作者:
Spertus, John A.
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作者:
Decker, Carole;Huddleston, Jason;Spertus, John A.
Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use is common in patients with cardiovascular disease. Although numerous efforts have sought to understand CAM types and the prevalence of CAM, whether patients preferentially use CAM instead of evidence-based therapies is unknown. Self-reported use of CAM and evidence-based therapies in a prospective registry of hospitalized patients with acute coronary syndrome from March 1, 2001 to October 31, 2002 were examined. Poisson regression models were used to assess whether CAM use was independently associated with lower rates of aspirin, beta-blocker, and statin use in 596 patients with established coronary artery disease (CAD). Overall, CAM use was 19% in patients with CAD. Higher proportions of patients who used CAM were non-Caucasian (31% vs 12%), uninsured (12% vs 7%), economically burdened (58% vs 29%), and had depression (13% vs 6%, p