Anurag Ratan Goel1, Charles R Henderson2, Manney Carrington Reid3. 1. Departments of Medicine and Pediatrics (A.R.G.), Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA. 2. Department of Human Development (C.R.H.), Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA. 3. Department of Medicine (M.C.R.), Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, USA. Electronic address: mcr2004@med.cornell.edu.
Abstract
CONTEXT: Given the high prevalence of burdensome symptoms in palliative care (PC) and increasing use of complementary and integrative medicine (CIM) therapies, research is needed to determine how often and what types of CIM therapies providers recommend to manage symptoms in PC. OBJECTIVES: To document recommendation rates of CIM for target symptoms and assess if, CIM use varies by provider characteristics. METHODS: Nationwide survey's of physicians (MD and DO), physician assistants, and nurse practitioners in PC. RESULTS: Participants (N = 404) were mostly female (71.3%), physicians (74.9%), and cared for adults (90.4%). Providers recommended CIM an average of 6.82 times per-month (95% CI: 6.04-7.60) and used an average of 5.13 (95% CI: 4.90-5.36) out of 10 CIM modalities. Respondents recommended mind-body medicines (e.g., meditation, biofeedback) most, followed by massage, and acupuncture and/or acupressure. The most targeted symptoms included pain; followed by anxiety, mood disturbance, and distress. Recommendation frequencies for specific modality-for-symptom combinations ranged from little use (e.g., aromatherapy for constipation) to occasional use (e.g., mind-body interventions for psychiatric symptoms). Finally, recommendation rates increased as a function of pediatric practice, noninpatient practice setting, provider age, and proportion of effort spent delivering palliative care. CONCLUSION: To the best of our knowledge, this is the first national survey to characterize PC providers' CIM recommendation behaviors and assess specific therapies and common target symptoms. Providers recommended a broad range of CIM but do so less frequently than patients report using CIM. These findings should be of interest to any provider caring for patients with serious illness.
CONTEXT: Given the high prevalence of burdensome symptoms in palliative care (PC) and increasing use of complementary and integrative medicine (CIM) therapies, research is needed to determine how often and what types of CIM therapies providers recommend to manage symptoms in PC. OBJECTIVES: To document recommendation rates of CIM for target symptoms and assess if, CIM use varies by provider characteristics. METHODS: Nationwide survey's of physicians (MD and DO), physician assistants, and nurse practitioners in PC. RESULTS: Participants (N = 404) were mostly female (71.3%), physicians (74.9%), and cared for adults (90.4%). Providers recommended CIM an average of 6.82 times per-month (95% CI: 6.04-7.60) and used an average of 5.13 (95% CI: 4.90-5.36) out of 10 CIM modalities. Respondents recommended mind-body medicines (e.g., meditation, biofeedback) most, followed by massage, and acupuncture and/or acupressure. The most targeted symptoms included pain; followed by anxiety, mood disturbance, and distress. Recommendation frequencies for specific modality-for-symptom combinations ranged from little use (e.g., aromatherapy for constipation) to occasional use (e.g., mind-body interventions for psychiatric symptoms). Finally, recommendation rates increased as a function of pediatric practice, noninpatient practice setting, provider age, and proportion of effort spent delivering palliative care. CONCLUSION: To the best of our knowledge, this is the first national survey to characterize PC providers' CIM recommendation behaviors and assess specific therapies and common target symptoms. Providers recommended a broad range of CIM but do so less frequently than patients report using CIM. These findings should be of interest to any provider caring for patients with serious illness.
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