| Title: |
Validation of the Questionnaire for the Structured Assessment of the Use of Complementary Medicine Methods and Procedures in Patients from the S3 Guideline Complementary Medicine in Oncology and Practical Use of it in Patients with Gynecological Cancer |
| Authors: |
Seitz, Katharina; Theuser, Anna-Katharin; Hack, Carolin C.; Fasching, Peter A.; Emons, Julius; Brückner, Lena; Au, Katharina; Beckmann, Matthias W.; Beierlein, Milena |
| Source: |
Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde ; volume 86, issue 01, page 35-44 ; ISSN 0016-5751 1438-8804 |
| Publisher Information: |
Georg Thieme Verlag KG |
| Publication Year: |
2025 |
| Description: |
For the first time, an S3 guideline on complementary medicine in oncology was published in 2021, 2024 in May version 2.0 was published. The broad spectrum of complementary and integrative medicine was presented at the highest level of evidence, the respective established interventions were comprehensively addressed, and recommendations were made in the case of sufficient data availability. The guideline also contains a questionnaire for a risk-adapted evaluation of utilized CIM (complementary and integrative medicine) interventions. In this article, the clinical validation of this questionnaire from the guideline is carried out, as well as a descriptive analysis of utilization of CIM interventions in a cohort with gynecologial cancer. The present study is a cross-sectional study conducted at the Women’s Hospital of the University Hospital Erlangen. In a first stage, rolled out from January to February 2022, fifty patients completed the questionnaire for the structured assessment of the use of complementary medicine from the S3 guideline “Complementary Medicine in Oncology”, as well as a validation questionnaire. The latter included the comprehensibility of the questions, the time taken to complete them, as well as any problems encountered and suggestions for improvement. After successful validation of the questionnaire, in the second phase, patients with gynecologic cancer were invited to participate in the survey. The patient population was characterized by descriptive analyses of age, educational level, lifestyle factors such as dietary habits and physical activity, as well as tumor characteristics and treatment. In addition, the frequency of complaints and the utilization of complementary interventions and procedures, classified according to their risk of interactions, were analyzed. Validation showed that forty-five out of fifty (90%) patients felt that the questionnaire was clear to understand. Forty-seven (94%) of respondents indicated that the time taken to answer the questions was reasonable. In ... |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| Language: |
German |
| DOI: |
10.1055/a-2717-7656 |
| DOI: |
10.1055/a-2717-7656.pdf |
| Availability: |
https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2717-7656; http://www.thieme-connect.de/products/ejournals/pdf/10.1055/a-2717-7656.pdf |
| Rights: |
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.D41FD6B7 |
| Database: |
BASE |