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Defining Criteria for Guiding Cancer Patients to Find a Reputable Complementary Medicine Provider

  • Purpose: Even in cases of positive evidence for complementary medicine (CM) therapies, it is still difficult for cancer patients to identify reputable providers. The aim of this study was to develop and evaluate a criteria list to provide guidance to cancer patients seeking a reputable CM provider. Methods: The design combined a literature review, an expert consensus procedure (n=15) and an assessment from three stakeholder perspectives (patients (n=18), CM providers (n=26) and oncology physicians (n=20)). Results: A total of 30 existing CM criteria were extracted from the literature, and 12 more were added by the experts. The main challenge was to define criteria that could easily be applied by the patients. A final comprehensive list of 8 criteria guiding cancer patients to find a reputable CM provider was developed. Conclusion: Health professionals and cancer information services might find the criteria list helpful when aiming to strengthen patients' awareness of quality-related factors associated with CM providers. The criteria developed might be helpful when standards are established for quality assurance in CM in oncology.

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Author:Alize A. RoggeORCiD, Isabel Baur, Gabriele BlettnerORCiD, Ulrike Holtkamp, Markus HorneberORCiD, Patrick Jahn, Stefanie Joos, Silva Keberle, Anita Kettelgerdes, David KlempererORCiDGND, Alfred LaenglerORCiD, Petra VoissORCiD, Joachim Weis, Claudia M. WittORCiD
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2147/PPA.S230705
Parent Title (English):Patient Preference and Adherence
Subtitle (English):Results of a Literature Review and a Consensus Procedure
Publisher:DOVE MEDICAL PRESS
Document Type:Article
Language:English
Year of first Publication:2020
Release Date:2022/02/03
Tag:complementary medicine; healthcare quality assurance; neoplasms; patient-centered care; standards
Volume:14
First Page:747
Last Page:755
Institutes:Fakultät Angewandte Sozial- und Gesundheitswissenschaften
Begutachtungsstatus:peer-reviewed
Publication:Externe Publikationen
OpenAccess Publikationsweg:Gold Open Access- Erstveröffentlichung in einem/als Open-Access-Medium
research focus:Lebenswissenschaften und Ethik
Licence (German):Creative Commons - CC BY-NC - Namensnennung - Nicht kommerziell 4.0 International