PMID- 33460742
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20211124
LR  - 20211124
IS  - 1873-6963 (Electronic)
IS  - 0965-2299 (Print)
IS  - 0965-2299 (Linking)
VI  - 57
DP  - 2021 Mar
TI  - Knowledge, attitudes and practices among healthcare professionals regarding 
      complementary alternative medicine use by patients with hypertension and type 2 
      diabetes mellitus in Western Jamaica.
PG  - 102666
LID - S0965-2299(21)00007-8 [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.ctim.2021.102666 [doi]
AB  - OBJECTIVES: This study investigated the knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) 
      of healthcare professionals (HCPs) regarding CAM use for Hypertension (HTN) and 
      Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) among patients in western Jamaica, and to 
      determine HCPs' perceptions of the need for training on CAM. DESIGN: A 
      cross-sectional study was conducted from May to August 2019. SETTING: HCPs 
      serving patients with HTN and T2DM in chronic disease clinics in western Jamaica 
      completed a self-administered questionnaire that provided data on their 
      sociodemographic characteristics, training, and KAP of CAM. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE: 
      The data identified factors associated with discussion and recommendation of CAM 
      to patients and personal use of CAM by HCPs. RESULTS: Type of profession 
      (physicians vs nurses OR = 2.17; 95 % CI = 1.07-4.42 and pharmacists vs nurses OR 
      = 8.67; 95 % CI = 2.83-26.57) was significantly associated with discussion of 
      CAM. Training on CAM was significantly associated with discussion (OR = 2.36; 95 
      % CI = 1.26-4.42), recommendation (OR = 2.72; 95 % CI = 1.36-5.42), and personal 
      use of CAM (OR = 2.90; 95 % CI = 1.69-4.97). Dieticians and nutritionists had 
      4.56 higher odds of personal use of CAM (95 % CI = 1.16-17.86), and personal use 
      of CAM was significantly associated with discussion (OR = 8.94; 95 % CI = 
      4.76-16.80) and recommendation (OR = 7.17; 95 % CI = 3.54-14.51) of CAM. The 
      majority of HCPs (70-89 %) agreed that there is a need to include CAM in 
      professional training programs. CONCLUSION: The results of this study can be used 
      to guide development of programs for training HCPs on knowledge and safe use of 
      CAM so that they can better serve their patients.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2021 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd.. All rights reserved.
FAU - Kwak, Grace
AU  - Kwak G
AD  - Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at 
      Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
FAU - Gardner, Kimberly
AU  - Gardner K
AD  - Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at 
      Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
FAU - Bolaji, Bolanle
AU  - Bolaji B
AD  - Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at 
      Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
FAU - Franklin, Sarah
AU  - Franklin S
AD  - Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at 
      Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
FAU - Aung, Maung
AU  - Aung M
AD  - Epidemiology and Research Unit, Western Regional Health Authority, Ministry of 
      Health and Wellness, Montego Bay, St. James, Jamaica.
FAU - Jolly, Pauline E
AU  - Jolly PE
AD  - Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at 
      Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA. Electronic address: jollyp@uab.edu.
LA  - eng
GR  - T37 MD001448/MD/NIMHD NIH HHS/United States
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20210115
PL  - Scotland
TA  - Complement Ther Med
JT  - Complementary therapies in medicine
JID - 9308777
SB  - IM
MH  - Attitude of Health Personnel
MH  - *Complementary Therapies
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - *Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/therapy
MH  - Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
MH  - Humans
MH  - *Hypertension/therapy
MH  - Jamaica
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
PMC - PMC8053675
MID - NIHMS1665745
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Chronic diseases
OT  - Complementary and alternative medicine use
OT  - Healthcare professionals
OT  - Hypertension
OT  - Jamaica
OT  - Type 2 diabetes mellitus
COIS- Declaration of Competing Interest None.
EDAT- 2021/01/19 06:00
MHDA- 2021/11/25 06:00
PMCR- 2021/04/19
CRDT- 2021/01/18 20:10
PHST- 2020/06/23 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2021/01/05 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2021/01/06 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2021/01/19 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2021/11/25 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2021/01/18 20:10 [entrez]
PHST- 2021/04/19 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - S0965-2299(21)00007-8 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.ctim.2021.102666 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Complement Ther Med. 2021 Mar;57:102666. doi: 10.1016/j.ctim.2021.102666. Epub 
      2021 Jan 15.