Healthcare professionals’ sources of knowledge of complementary medicine in an academic center

Eleonore Aveni, Brent Bauer, Anne-Sylvie Ramelet, Isabelle Decosterd, Pierluigi Ballabeni, Eric Bonvin and Pierre-Yves Rodondi

PLOS ONE, 2017, vol. 12, issue 9, 1-11

Abstract: Background: Complementary medicine (CM) is utilized in a growing number of academic centers despite the debate concerning its value, risks and benefits. Healthcare professionals often feel uncomfortable discussing CM with patients, and little is known about their sources of knowledge in the field of CM. Objective: To assess healthcare professionals’ sources of knowledge and attitude toward CM in an academic hospital. Design and participants: The cross-sectional web-based survey took place from October to December 2013. A total of 4,925 healthcare professionals working at Lausanne University Hospital, Switzerland, were invited to answer the questionnaire. Main measures: Factors influencing healthcare professionals’ opinion toward CM, knowledge and communication about CM. Key results: The questionnaire was answered by 1,247 healthcare professionals. The three key factors influencing professionals’ opinion toward CM were personal experience, clinical experience and evidence demonstrating the physiological mechanism of CM. Personal experience was more associated with nurses’ and midwives’ opinion compared to physicians’ (80.8% vs 57.1%, OR = 3.08, [95% CI: 2.35–4.05], P

Date: 2017
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