Use of complementary and alternative medicine among osteoarthritic patients: a review

INTRODUCTION: One of the most important indications of complementary and alternative medicines (CAM) is in arthritis. The popularity of CAM in arthritis is consistently on the rise because of the potential side effects of the conventional therapy (Methotrexate) of arthritis. In view of this, it was...

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Main Authors:	Khan, Muhammad Umair, Jamshed, Shazia, Akram, Ahmad, Mohd Ashraf, Ahmad Bidin, Siddiqui, Mohammad Jamshed Ahmad, Al-Shami, Abdul Kareem
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spelling	iium-507922018-04-23T04:03:19Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/50792/ Use of complementary and alternative medicine among osteoarthritic patients: a review Khan, Muhammad Umair Jamshed, Shazia Akram, Ahmad Mohd Ashraf, Ahmad Bidin Siddiqui, Mohammad Jamshed Ahmad Al-Shami, Abdul Kareem RS Pharmacy and materia medica INTRODUCTION: One of the most important indications of complementary and alternative medicines (CAM) is in arthritis. The popularity of CAM in arthritis is consistently on the rise because of the potential side effects of the conventional therapy (Methotrexate) of arthritis. In view of this, it was important to summarize the information, for healthcare professionals and the patients, about the safety and effectiveness of various CAM use in arthritis. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This comprehensive review is based on the content derived through a thorough literature search using 5 electronic databases such as Science direct, Springer link, PubMed, Jet P and Google scholar. Equivalent terms in thesauruses or Medical Subject Heading (MeSH) browsers were used whenever possible. We included all the articles those are used CAM medications for the treatment of arthritis around the globe and searched for the required articles published in English in peer reviewed journals from January 1999 to February 2014. Reports were then arranged and analysed on the basis of country specific studies. RESULTS: Initially, a total of 156 articles were retrieved, after further screening, 27 articles were selected according to meet objectives of the study and those articles which did not qualify, were excluded. Seventeen appropriate studies were finally included in the review. Indeed most of the studies that fulfilled the objective of this review were carried out in US (n=8, 47%), then in India (n=2, 11.76%), UK (n=1, 5.88%), Canada (n=1, 5.88%), Australia (n=1, 5.88%), Korea (n=1, 5.88%), Thailand (n=1, 5.88%), Turkey (n=1, 5.88%) and Malaysia (n=1, 5.88%). CONCLUSION: The review revealed that family, friend, past experiences and lack of effectiveness of conventional therapy are the major factors that influenced patients' decision of initiating and persisting with CAM therapy. The review highlighted the need to conduct future studies by using some more specific health related outcome measures. JCDR Research and Publications (P) Limited 2016-02 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/50792/9/50792_Use%20of%20complementary_text.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/50792/10/50792_Use%20of%20complementary_WOS.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/50792/11/50792_Use%20of%20complementary_SCOPUS.pdf Khan, Muhammad Umair and Jamshed, Shazia and Akram, Ahmad and Mohd Ashraf, Ahmad Bidin and Siddiqui, Mohammad Jamshed Ahmad and Al-Shami, Abdul Kareem (2016) Use of complementary and alternative medicine among osteoarthritic patients: a review. Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 10 (2). pp. 1-6. ISSN 0973-709X http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4800547/pdf/jcdr-10-JE01.pdf DOI: 10.7860/JCDR/2016/15211.7169
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spellingShingle	RS Pharmacy and materia medica Khan, Muhammad Umair Jamshed, Shazia Akram, Ahmad Mohd Ashraf, Ahmad Bidin Siddiqui, Mohammad Jamshed Ahmad Al-Shami, Abdul Kareem Use of complementary and alternative medicine among osteoarthritic patients: a review
description	INTRODUCTION: One of the most important indications of complementary and alternative medicines (CAM) is in arthritis. The popularity of CAM in arthritis is consistently on the rise because of the potential side effects of the conventional therapy (Methotrexate) of arthritis. In view of this, it was important to summarize the information, for healthcare professionals and the patients, about the safety and effectiveness of various CAM use in arthritis. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This comprehensive review is based on the content derived through a thorough literature search using 5 electronic databases such as Science direct, Springer link, PubMed, Jet P and Google scholar. Equivalent terms in thesauruses or Medical Subject Heading (MeSH) browsers were used whenever possible. We included all the articles those are used CAM medications for the treatment of arthritis around the globe and searched for the required articles published in English in peer reviewed journals from January 1999 to February 2014. Reports were then arranged and analysed on the basis of country specific studies. RESULTS: Initially, a total of 156 articles were retrieved, after further screening, 27 articles were selected according to meet objectives of the study and those articles which did not qualify, were excluded. Seventeen appropriate studies were finally included in the review. Indeed most of the studies that fulfilled the objective of this review were carried out in US (n=8, 47%), then in India (n=2, 11.76%), UK (n=1, 5.88%), Canada (n=1, 5.88%), Australia (n=1, 5.88%), Korea (n=1, 5.88%), Thailand (n=1, 5.88%), Turkey (n=1, 5.88%) and Malaysia (n=1, 5.88%). CONCLUSION: The review revealed that family, friend, past experiences and lack of effectiveness of conventional therapy are the major factors that influenced patients' decision of initiating and persisting with CAM therapy. The review highlighted the need to conduct future studies by using some more specific health related outcome measures.
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author	Khan, Muhammad Umair Jamshed, Shazia Akram, Ahmad Mohd Ashraf, Ahmad Bidin Siddiqui, Mohammad Jamshed Ahmad Al-Shami, Abdul Kareem
author_facet	Khan, Muhammad Umair Jamshed, Shazia Akram, Ahmad Mohd Ashraf, Ahmad Bidin Siddiqui, Mohammad Jamshed Ahmad Al-Shami, Abdul Kareem
author_sort	Khan, Muhammad Umair
title	Use of complementary and alternative medicine among osteoarthritic patients: a review
title_short	Use of complementary and alternative medicine among osteoarthritic patients: a review
title_full	Use of complementary and alternative medicine among osteoarthritic patients: a review
title_fullStr	Use of complementary and alternative medicine among osteoarthritic patients: a review
title_full_unstemmed	Use of complementary and alternative medicine among osteoarthritic patients: a review
title_sort	use of complementary and alternative medicine among osteoarthritic patients: a review
publisher	JCDR Research and Publications (P) Limited
publishDate	2016
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Use of complementary and alternative medicine among osteoarthritic patients: a review

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