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Conference Paper: Complementary and alternative medicine use in the first trimester: safety perceptions and preference of pregnant women
Title | Complementary and alternative medicine use in the first trimester: safety perceptions and preference of pregnant women |
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Keywords | Pregnant Complementary and alternative medicine epidemiology |
Publisher | The Pharmaceutical Society of Hong Kong. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.pshk.hk/main.php?id=62 |
Citation | The 8th Asian Conference on Pharmacoepidemiology (ACPE 2013), Hong Kong, China, 25-27 October 2013. In Hong Kong Pharmaceutical Journal, 2013, v. 20 n. 3, p. 138 How to Cite? |
Abstract | Aim/Objectives: To assess the use of complementary and alternative medicines (CAM) during the fi rst trimester, the perceptions of
the women on the safety of CAM and their preferences for CAM.
Methods: This study was carried out in two London teaching hospitals. Expectant mothers were interviewed using a structured
questionnaire to ascertain their CAM use during the fi rst trimester; perception of CAM safety in comparison to conventional
medicines; and preference for CAM in treating medical conditions.
Results: Six hundred and seven women were approached of which 560 participated in the study; their age was 31.9 ± 5.1 years.
40.5% of them had used at least one form of CAM in the fi rst trimester. When asked to compare the safety of CAM to conventional
medicines, 12.3% felt CAM is safer, 27% thought both CAM and conventional medicines are equally safe, 15.9% felt CAM is less safe
while 44.8% felt they did not know about the safety of CAM compared to conventional medicines. In treating a new medical condition,
17.1% of the participants would choose CAM rather than conventional medicines as their most preferred therapy.
Conclusions: These fi ndings demonstrate that a considerable proportion of the women had used CAM in early pregnancy. Although
almost half of the participants did not know about the safety of CAM compared to conventional medicines, nearly a fi fth would
want CAM as a fi rst choice therapy. Therefore, routine counselling about CAM is important during antenatal assessments. Further
research is also necessary to better understand CAM use in pregnancy. |
Description | Conference Theme: Applying pharmacoepidemiology to improve health care in Asia Oral Presentation - Genetics, Pregnancy and Paediatric Issues |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/204450 |
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dc.contributor.author | Wahab, M | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Sutcliffe, A | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Wong, ICK | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Jani, Y | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-09-19T23:52:22Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2014-09-19T23:52:22Z | - |
dc.identifier.citation | The 8th Asian Conference on Pharmacoepidemiology (ACPE 2013), Hong Kong, China, 25-27 October 2013. In Hong Kong Pharmaceutical Journal, 2013, v. 20 n. 3, p. 138 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1727-2874 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/204450 | - |
dc.description | Conference Theme: Applying pharmacoepidemiology to improve health care in Asia | - |
dc.description | Oral Presentation - Genetics, Pregnancy and Paediatric Issues | - |
dc.description.abstract | Aim/Objectives: To assess the use of complementary and alternative medicines (CAM) during the fi rst trimester, the perceptions of the women on the safety of CAM and their preferences for CAM. Methods: This study was carried out in two London teaching hospitals. Expectant mothers were interviewed using a structured questionnaire to ascertain their CAM use during the fi rst trimester; perception of CAM safety in comparison to conventional medicines; and preference for CAM in treating medical conditions. Results: Six hundred and seven women were approached of which 560 participated in the study; their age was 31.9 ± 5.1 years. 40.5% of them had used at least one form of CAM in the fi rst trimester. When asked to compare the safety of CAM to conventional medicines, 12.3% felt CAM is safer, 27% thought both CAM and conventional medicines are equally safe, 15.9% felt CAM is less safe while 44.8% felt they did not know about the safety of CAM compared to conventional medicines. In treating a new medical condition, 17.1% of the participants would choose CAM rather than conventional medicines as their most preferred therapy. Conclusions: These fi ndings demonstrate that a considerable proportion of the women had used CAM in early pregnancy. Although almost half of the participants did not know about the safety of CAM compared to conventional medicines, nearly a fi fth would want CAM as a fi rst choice therapy. Therefore, routine counselling about CAM is important during antenatal assessments. Further research is also necessary to better understand CAM use in pregnancy. | - |
dc.language | eng | en_US |
dc.publisher | The Pharmaceutical Society of Hong Kong. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.pshk.hk/main.php?id=62 | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Hong Kong Pharmaceutical Journal | en_US |
dc.subject | Pregnant | - |
dc.subject | Complementary and alternative medicine | - |
dc.subject | epidemiology | - |
dc.title | Complementary and alternative medicine use in the first trimester: safety perceptions and preference of pregnant women | en_US |
dc.type | Conference_Paper | en_US |
dc.identifier.email | Wong, ICK: wongick@hku.hk | en_US |
dc.identifier.authority | Wong, ICK=rp01480 | en_US |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 239876 | en_US |
dc.identifier.volume | 20 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issue | 3 | en_US |
dc.identifier.spage | 138 | en_US |
dc.identifier.epage | 138 | en_US |
dc.publisher.place | Hong Kong | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 1727-2874 | - |