BACKGROUND: Many cancer patients use complementary, alternative, and integrative medicine (CAIM) to improve their psychological and functional health. However, there is little known about the extent of CAIM information and services provided on oncology hospital websites. METHODS: This study reviewed public-facing websites to determine the degree of CAIM information provided and services offered by the world's leading cancer hospitals in 2021; this ranking was informed by a large survey of medical professionals led by Newsweek and Statista. Nine authors extracted data from hospital websites individually and in triplicate, prior to meeting to revise data extractions. Data analysis was then performed by two authors to determine how many hospitals provided CAIM descriptions and offered CAIM services, and the extent of CAIM information provided. RESULTS: A total of 131 hospitals were included in this study. Of the eligible hospitals, 50.38% (n = 66) provided a theoretical description of CAIM; 48.09% (n = 63) provided a description of one or more CAIM therapies; 63.36% (n = 83) offered one or more CAIM therapies to cancer patients. The most common therapies described were the same as the most common therapies offered. These therapies are massage, special foods and diets, acupuncture, meditation, yoga, and creative outlets. While CAIM therapies were commonly offered, information surrounding the benefits and side effects associated with these therapies varied. CONCLUSIONS: Due to the lack of CAIM standardization worldwide, there is a need for increased CAIM information provision on hospital websites to better inform and empower patients to make well-informed decisions about their health.
BACKGROUND: Many cancer patients use complementary, alternative, and integrative medicine (CAIM) to improve their psychological and functional health. However, there is little known about the extent of CAIM information and services provided on oncology hospital websites. METHODS: This study reviewed public-facing websites to determine the degree of CAIM information provided and services offered by the world's leading cancer hospitals in 2021; this ranking was informed by a large survey of medical professionals led by Newsweek and Statista. Nine authors extracted data from hospital websites individually and in triplicate, prior to meeting to revise data extractions. Data analysis was then performed by two authors to determine how many hospitals provided CAIM descriptions and offered CAIM services, and the extent of CAIM information provided. RESULTS: A total of 131 hospitals were included in this study. Of the eligible hospitals, 50.38% (n = 66) provided a theoretical description of CAIM; 48.09% (n = 63) provided a description of one or more CAIM therapies; 63.36% (n = 83) offered one or more CAIM therapies to cancer patients. The most common therapies described were the same as the most common therapies offered. These therapies are massage, special foods and diets, acupuncture, meditation, yoga, and creative outlets. While CAIM therapies were commonly offered, information surrounding the benefits and side effects associated with these therapies varied. CONCLUSIONS: Due to the lack of CAIM standardization worldwide, there is a need for increased CAIM information provision on hospital websites to better inform and empower patients to make well-informed decisions about their health.
Authors: M Kay Garcia; Lorenzo Cohen; Michael Spano; Amy Spelman; Yousra Hashmi; Alejandro Chaoul; Qi Wei; Gabriel Lopez Journal: Integr Cancer Ther Date: 2017-01-04 Impact factor: 3.279
Authors: Christina Fitzmaurice; Tomi F Akinyemiju; Faris Hasan Al Lami; Tahiya Alam; Reza Alizadeh-Navaei; Christine Allen; Ubai Alsharif; Nelson Alvis-Guzman; Erfan Amini; Benjamin O Anderson; Olatunde Aremu; Al Artaman; Solomon Weldegebreal Asgedom; Reza Assadi; Tesfay Mehari Atey; Leticia Avila-Burgos; Ashish Awasthi; Huda Omer Ba Saleem; Aleksandra Barac; James R Bennett; Isabela M Bensenor; Nickhill Bhakta; Hermann Brenner; Lucero Cahuana-Hurtado; Carlos A Castañeda-Orjuela; Ferrán Catalá-López; Jee-Young Jasmine Choi; Devasahayam Jesudas Christopher; Sheng-Chia Chung; Maria Paula Curado; Lalit Dandona; Rakhi Dandona; José das Neves; Subhojit Dey; Samath D Dharmaratne; David Teye Doku; Tim R Driscoll; Manisha Dubey; Hedyeh Ebrahimi; Dumessa Edessa; Ziad El-Khatib; Aman Yesuf Endries; Florian Fischer; Lisa M Force; Kyle J Foreman; Solomon Weldemariam Gebrehiwot; Sameer Vali Gopalani; Giuseppe Grosso; Rahul Gupta; Bishal Gyawali; Randah Ribhi Hamadeh; Samer Hamidi; James Harvey; Hamid Yimam Hassen; Roderick J Hay; Simon I Hay; Behzad Heibati; Molla Kahssay Hiluf; Nobuyuki Horita; H Dean Hosgood; Olayinka S Ilesanmi; Kaire Innos; Farhad Islami; Mihajlo B Jakovljevic; Sarah Charlotte Johnson; Jost B Jonas; Amir Kasaeian; Tesfaye Dessale Kassa; Yousef Saleh Khader; Ejaz Ahmad Khan; Gulfaraz Khan; Young-Ho Khang; Mohammad Hossein Khosravi; Jagdish Khubchandani; Jacek A Kopec; G Anil Kumar; Michael Kutz; Deepesh Pravinkumar Lad; Alessandra Lafranconi; Qing Lan; Yirga Legesse; James Leigh; Shai Linn; Raimundas Lunevicius; Azeem Majeed; Reza Malekzadeh; Deborah Carvalho Malta; Lorenzo G Mantovani; Brian J McMahon; Toni Meier; Yohannes Adama Melaku; Mulugeta Melku; Peter Memiah; Walter Mendoza; Tuomo J Meretoja; Haftay Berhane Mezgebe; Ted R Miller; Shafiu Mohammed; Ali H Mokdad; Mahmood Moosazadeh; Paula Moraga; Seyyed Meysam Mousavi; Vinay Nangia; Cuong Tat Nguyen; Vuong Minh Nong; Felix Akpojene Ogbo; Andrew Toyin Olagunju; Mahesh Pa; Eun-Kee Park; Tejas Patel; David M Pereira; Farhad Pishgar; Maarten J Postma; Farshad Pourmalek; Mostafa Qorbani; Anwar Rafay; Salman Rawaf; David Laith Rawaf; Gholamreza Roshandel; Saeid Safiri; Hamideh Salimzadeh; Juan Ramon Sanabria; Milena M Santric Milicevic; Benn Sartorius; Maheswar Satpathy; Sadaf G Sepanlou; Katya Anne Shackelford; Masood Ali Shaikh; Mahdi Sharif-Alhoseini; Jun She; Min-Jeong Shin; Ivy Shiue; Mark G Shrime; Abiy Hiruye Sinke; Mekonnen Sisay; Amber Sligar; Muawiyyah Babale Sufiyan; Bryan L Sykes; Rafael Tabarés-Seisdedos; Gizachew Assefa Tessema; Roman Topor-Madry; Tung Thanh Tran; Bach Xuan Tran; Kingsley Nnanna Ukwaja; Vasiliy Victorovich Vlassov; Stein Emil Vollset; Elisabete Weiderpass; Hywel C Williams; Nigus Bililign Yimer; Naohiro Yonemoto; Mustafa Z Younis; Christopher J L Murray; Mohsen Naghavi Journal: JAMA Oncol Date: 2018-11-01 Impact factor: 31.777