TY - JOUR
T1 - A comparison of decision-making processes for conventional and complementary medicine in cancer patients
AU - Carmady, Bridget
AU - Smith, Caroline A.
AU - Colagiuri, Ben
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - To understand the decision-making processes involved in conventional medicine and complementary medicine cancer treatment, and the role that information plays, a cross-sectional survey of cancer patients was carried out at 2 Australian cancer centres. Data was obtained from 75 cancer patients. When asked about complementary medicine use, 36 (48%) patients reported using some form of complementary medicine in conjunction with their conventional treatment. In terms of decision-making, our findings suggest that although cancer patients appear to be at different stages of decision-making for complementary medicine compared with conventional medicine, there was no difference between the decision-making process for cancer patients when it comes to utilising conventional medicine or complementary medicine: patients reported comparable high decisional self-efficacy and low decisional conflict for both areas of medicine.
AB - To understand the decision-making processes involved in conventional medicine and complementary medicine cancer treatment, and the role that information plays, a cross-sectional survey of cancer patients was carried out at 2 Australian cancer centres. Data was obtained from 75 cancer patients. When asked about complementary medicine use, 36 (48%) patients reported using some form of complementary medicine in conjunction with their conventional treatment. In terms of decision-making, our findings suggest that although cancer patients appear to be at different stages of decision-making for complementary medicine compared with conventional medicine, there was no difference between the decision-making process for cancer patients when it comes to utilising conventional medicine or complementary medicine: patients reported comparable high decisional self-efficacy and low decisional conflict for both areas of medicine.
KW - alternative medicine
KW - cancer
KW - decision making
KW - oncology
UR - http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/527049
U2 - 10.1016/j.ctcp.2012.10.003
DO - 10.1016/j.ctcp.2012.10.003
M3 - Article
SN - 1744-3881
VL - 19
SP - 32
EP - 35
JO - Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice
JF - Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice
IS - 1
ER -
