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Mind-body complementary alternative medicine use and quality of life in adolescents with inflammatory bowel disease.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  19705417     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
BACKGROUND: Mind-body complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) modalities (e.g., relaxation or meditation) for symptom management have not been well studied in adolescents with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). The purposes of this study were to: 1) determine the prevalence of 5 types of mind-body CAM use, and consideration of use for symptom management; 2) assess characteristics associated with regular mind-body CAM use; and 3) examine whether regular and/or considered mind-body CAM use are associated with health-related quality of life (HRQOL).
METHODS: Sixty-seven adolescents with IBD ages 12-19 recruited from a children's hospital completed a questionnaire on CAM use and the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory. Logistic regression models were estimated for regular and considered CAM use.
RESULTS: Participants mean (SD) age was 15.5 (2.1) years; 37 (55%) were female; 53 (79%) were white; and 20 (30%) had moderate disease severity. Adolescents used prayer (62%), relaxation (40%), and imagery (21%) once/day to once/week for symptom management. In multivariate analyses, females were more likely to use relaxation (odds ratio [OR] = 4.38, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.25-15.29, c statistic = 0.73). Younger adolescents were more likely to regularly use (OR = 0.63, 95% CI = 0.42-0.95, c statistic = 0.72) or consider using (OR = 0.77, 95% CI = 0.59-1.00, c statistic = 0.64) meditation. Adolescents with more severe disease (OR = 4.17, 95% CI = 1.07-16.29, c statistic = 0.83) were more willing to consider using relaxation in the future. Adolescents with worse HRQOL were more willing to consider using prayer and meditation for future symptom management (P < 0.05).
CONCLUSIONS: Many adolescents with IBD either currently use or would consider using mind-body CAM for symptom management.
Authors:
Sian Cotton; Yvonne Humenay Roberts; Joel Tsevat; Maria T Britto; Paul Succop; Meghan E McGrady; Michael S Yi
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Inflammatory bowel diseases     Volume:  16     ISSN:  1536-4844     ISO Abbreviation:  Inflamm. Bowel Dis.     Publication Date:  2010 Mar 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-02-15     Completed Date:  2010-05-05     Revised Date:  2011-07-25    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9508162     Medline TA:  Inflamm Bowel Dis     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  501-6     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Family Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH 45267-0840, USA. sian.cotton@uc.edu
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adolescent
Adolescent Psychology
Complementary Therapies / utilization*
Female
Health Status
Humans
Imagery (Psychotherapy)
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases* / epidemiology,  psychology,  therapy
Logistic Models
Male
Meditation
Mind-Body Therapies / utilization*
Multivariate Analysis
Quality of Life*
Questionnaires
Relaxation Therapy / utilization
Social Behavior
Yoga
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
K23 HD052639-03/HD/NICHD NIH HHS; K23 HD052639-05/HD/NICHD NIH HHS; K23HD044556/HD/NICHD NIH HHS; K23HD052639/HD/NICHD NIH HHS; K24AT001676/AT/NCCAM NIH HHS
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