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Study NCT ID:
NCT00032656
Status:
COMPLETED
Last Update Posted:
2006-08-18
First Post:
2002-03-27
Brief Title:
Adolescents Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Sponsor:
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health NCCIH
Organization:
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health NCCIH
Study Overview
Official Title:
Adolescents Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Status:
COMPLETED
Status Verified Date:
2006-07
Last Known Status:
None
Delayed Posting:
No
If Stopped, Why?:
Not Stopped
Has Expanded Access:
False
If Expanded Access, NCT#:
N/A
Has Expanded Access, NCT# Status:
N/A
Acronym:
None
Brief Summary:
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
Detailed Description:
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 ones 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
Study Oversight
Has Oversight DMC:
None
Is a FDA Regulated Drug?:
None
Is a FDA Regulated Device?:
None
Is an Unapproved Device?:
None
Is a PPSD?:
None
Is a US Export?:
None
Is an FDA AA801 Violation?:
None