Use of Chinese Herbal Medicine and Health-Related Quality of Life among Cancer Patients in Johor, Malaysia.
Introduction: Chinese Herbal Medicine (CHM) is becoming increasingly popular among cancer patients worldwide. While health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in relation to cancer outcomes has attracted global attention, there are few studies on CHM use and HRQoL among cancer patients in Malaysia. This...
| Publicado en: | Malaysian Journal of Nutrition Vol. 23; no. 2; pp. 227 - 239 |
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Nutrition Society of Malaysia
2017
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=128885719&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 128885719 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 1394035X 6CKY jtl: Malaysian Journal of Nutrition issn: 1394035X maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: 2017 vid: 23 iid: 2 pid: 49148 pub: Nutrition Society of Malaysia artinfo: ui: 128885719 128885719 128885719 128885719 ppf: 227 ppct: 12 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Use of Chinese Herbal Medicine and Health-Related Quality of Life among Cancer Patients in Johor, Malaysia. aug: au: Mi Mi, Loke Chong Kah Hui Zakaria, Noor Salihah Yusof, Hayati Mohd affil: School of Food Science and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT) 21030 Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia sug: subj: Drugs, Chinese Herbal Therapeutic Use Health Status Quality of Life Evaluation Cancer Patients Malaysia Human Male Female Malaysia Purposive Sample Cross Sectional Studies Academic Medical Centers Male Female ab: Introduction: Chinese Herbal Medicine (CHM) is becoming increasingly popular among cancer patients worldwide. While health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in relation to cancer outcomes has attracted global attention, there are few studies on CHM use and HRQoL among cancer patients in Malaysia. This study attempted to determine the association between use of CHM, including the types, reasons, and beliefs, and HRQoL among Malaysian cancer patients. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 120 cancer patients (60 male and 60 female) recruited from government oncology clinics in Johor state. A purposive non-probability sampling was applied to recruit respondents. Results: Use of CHM was reported by about half of the patients (49.2%). Common types of CHM used included Chinese herbal extracts (27.5%), Sabah snake grass (12.2%), and ginger (11.5%). The median score for overall belief in CHM significantly differed between CHM users (71.7%) and non-users (65.0%) (p<0.001). The HRQoL was generally reported as 'good' with high scores for overall functioning scales and low scores for symptom scales. However, no significant difference in HRQoL between CHM users and non-users was noted. 'Social Functioning' scores between both groups showed a significant difference (p < 0.001) with respect to sex, with females scoring higher than males. No significant association was noted between CHM use and socio-demographic characteristics except for sex. Conclusion: There is a high prevalence of self-prescription of CHM among the cancer patients studied. Nonetheless use of CHM did not show any significant difference in terms of quality of life among CHM users. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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