- ICH GCP
- US Clinical Trials Registry
- Klinisk forsøg NCT00032656
Adolescents' Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine
17. august 2006 opdateret af: National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)
The purpose of this study is to help improve our understanding of when and why adolescents decide to use alternative and complimentary medicines, and to understand factors that lead to better communication between youth and their clinicians.
Studieoversigt
Status
Afsluttet
Betingelser
Detaljeret beskrivelse
Alternative therapies and herbal remedies are increasingly recognized as having therapeutic value, and as many as 42% adults use some form of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM).
The prevalence of CAM use among adolescents is not known.
Questions remain about the safety and efficacy of some CAM therapies, and how to best facilitate communication about alternative medicine between patients and clinicians.
Research with adults shows that most do not reveal their use of alternative therapies to their providers.
Adolescence is a time of experimentation and the beginning of a shift from depending upon parents to taking responsibility for one's own care.
Thus, the health practices begun in adolescence have an impact into adulthood.
However, none of the current guidelines for the provision of care to adolescents advise asking about complementary or alternative medicine use.
Finally, adolescents are exposed to increasing coverage of CAM in the media, and on the internet.
The specific aims of this study are to: 1) determine the prevalence of complementary and alternative medicine use among a representative sample of adolescents, 2) describe the range of therapies adolescents use, and where they are procured, 3) describe adolescent and clinician factors that are associated with communication between adolescents and their providers about complementary and alternative medicine, and 4) describe adolescents' exposure to information about CAM from sources such as parents, providers, and the media, and how this impacts CAM use.
We propose a cross sectional random digit dial telephone survey of 1200 adolescents in Monroe County, NY. Our findings will allow us to understand how adolescents use alternative medicine.
Additionally, since alternative therapies can have potentially serious side-effects or drug interactions, insight into how and when alternative medicine use is disclosed may help clinicians provide better care to adolescents.
Undersøgelsestype
Observationel
Tilmelding
1400
Kontakter og lokationer
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Studiesteder
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New York
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Rochester, New York, Forenede Stater, 14642
- University of Rochester Department of Pediatrics
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Deltagelseskriterier
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Berettigelseskriterier
Aldre berettiget til at studere
14 år til 19 år (Barn, Voksen)
Tager imod sunde frivillige
Ingen
Køn, der er berettiget til at studere
Alle
Beskrivelse
Adolescents ages 14-19
Studieplan
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Hvordan er undersøgelsen tilrettelagt?
Design detaljer
Samarbejdspartnere og efterforskere
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Efterforskere
- Ledende efterforsker: Jonathan D. Klein, MD, MPH, University of Rochester
Datoer for undersøgelser
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Studer store datoer
Studiestart
1. februar 2001
Studieafslutning
1. december 2003
Datoer for studieregistrering
Først indsendt
27. marts 2002
Først indsendt, der opfyldte QC-kriterier
27. marts 2002
Først opslået (Skøn)
28. marts 2002
Opdateringer af undersøgelsesjournaler
Sidste opdatering sendt (Skøn)
18. august 2006
Sidste opdatering indsendt, der opfyldte kvalitetskontrolkriterier
17. august 2006
Sidst verificeret
1. juli 2006
Mere information
Begreber relateret til denne undersøgelse
Nøgleord
Andre undersøgelses-id-numre
- R21AT000407-01 (U.S. NIH-bevilling/kontrakt)
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