Prevalence of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use in the General Population in the Czech Republic.

CONCLUSION: The prevalence of CAM use in the Czech Republic is high, especially among people who apply CAM for self-treatment prior to seeing a doctor. Half of the study population combined CAM with conventional medical treatment, which may result in potential harm to the patient. Healthcare providers as well as the public should be educated about effective and safe use of CAM. PMID: 26978161 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Forschende Komplementarmedizin - Category: Complementary Medicine Tags: Forsch Komplementmed Source Type: research