Chunyun Wang1, Kaigang Li2, Dong-Chul Seo3, Susan Gaylord4. 1. School of Physical Education, Pingdingshan University, Pingdingshan, Henan Province, 467000, PR China; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Chapel Hill, NC, 27516, USA. Electronic address: Claudiawang@med.unc.edu. 2. Colorado State University, Department of Health & Exercise Science, Fort Collins, CO, 80523, USA. Electronic address: Kaigang.Li@colostate.edu. 3. Indiana University Bloomington, 2Department of Applied Health Science, Bloomington, IN, 47405, USA. Electronic address: seo@indiana.edu. 4. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Chapel Hill, NC, 27516, USA. Electronic address: Gaylords@med.unc.edu.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To examine the prevalence, patterns, and factors associated with CAM use among children with ADHD. METHOD: We used data from the 2012 and 2017 National Health Interview Survey. Descriptive statistics, Wald F chi-square test, and multivariable logistic regression were performed. RESULTS: Approximately 8.4 % of U.S. children had ADHD in 2017. Children with ADHD had greater CAM use than those without (p < 0.05). Meditation (10.8 %), yoga (9.6 %), and deep breathing (7.3 %) were the most commonly used mind-body CAM modalities in ADHD children in 2017, with their use increased 468 %, 433 %, and 192 %, respectively, since 2012. Nearly all children experiencing ADHD (91.9 %) have comorbid psychiatric disorders, and they are more likely to use CAM than those without comorbidities (p < .0001). Less than one-third of the respondents disclosed children's CAM use to their medical doctors. Among children with ADHD, CAM use is generally not correlated with conventional medical care use, except for a significant inverse relationship between CAM use and use of prescription medication for more than three months. CONCLUSION: The use of mind-body CAM modalities has substantially increased among children with ADHD, compared to those without ADHD, from 2012 to 2017. Parents' reasons for the use of CAM among their children with ADHD included their unique function in reducing ADHD symptoms and their lack of unwanted side-effects. It is imperative to improve effective communication between health care providers and ADHD patients and their parents, in order to understand patients' values and preferences for using CAM therapies as a natural holistic therapy for ADHD.
OBJECTIVE: To examine the prevalence, patterns, and factors associated with CAM use among children with ADHD. METHOD: We used data from the 2012 and 2017 National Health Interview Survey. Descriptive statistics, Wald F chi-square test, and multivariable logistic regression were performed. RESULTS: Approximately 8.4 % of U.S. children had ADHD in 2017. Children with ADHD had greater CAM use than those without (p < 0.05). Meditation (10.8 %), yoga (9.6 %), and deep breathing (7.3 %) were the most commonly used mind-body CAM modalities in ADHDchildren in 2017, with their use increased 468 %, 433 %, and 192 %, respectively, since 2012. Nearly all children experiencing ADHD (91.9 %) have comorbid psychiatric disorders, and they are more likely to use CAM than those without comorbidities (p < .0001). Less than one-third of the respondents disclosed children's CAM use to their medical doctors. Among children with ADHD, CAM use is generally not correlated with conventional medical care use, except for a significant inverse relationship between CAM use and use of prescription medication for more than three months. CONCLUSION: The use of mind-body CAM modalities has substantially increased among children with ADHD, compared to those without ADHD, from 2012 to 2017. Parents' reasons for the use of CAM among their children with ADHD included their unique function in reducing ADHD symptoms and their lack of unwanted side-effects. It is imperative to improve effective communication between health care providers and ADHDpatients and their parents, in order to understand patients' values and preferences for using CAM therapies as a natural holistic therapy for ADHD.
Authors: Corina R Zisman; Marisa A Patti; Luther G Kalb; Emma K Stapp; Kathryn Van Eck; Heather Volk; Calliope Holingue Journal: Complement Ther Med Date: 2020-07-30 Impact factor: 3.335