| Titel: | Complementary and alternative medicine for low-back pain in pregnancy: a cross-sectional survey |
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| Autor: | avemen, F William, K Wang, SM Kain, ZN Fermo, L DeZinno, P Caldwell-Andrews, AA |
| Mediengruppe: | journal article |
| Herausgeber: | --- |
| Zeitschrift: | Journal of alternative and complementary medicine (New York, N.Y.) |
| Jahr: | 2005 |
| Band: | 11 |
| Heft: | 3 |
| Seiten: | 459 - 464 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Abstract: | OBJECTIVE: To identify common treatments used for low-back pain (LBP) during pregnancy. DESIGN: A two-part anonymous survey. SETTING/LOCATION: New Haven, Connecticut. SUBJECTS: Pregnant women and providers of prenatal health care (nurse educators, nurse midwives, and obstetricians). RESULTS: We found that the majority of pregnant women who participated in our survey (61.7%) reported that they would accept complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) therapy as treatment for LBP during pregnancy. Similarly, 61% of providers of prenatal health care in our sample reported that they would consider using CAM as treatment for LBP during pregnancy. Massage (61.4%), acupuncture (44.6%), relaxation (42.6%), yoga (40.6%), and chiropractic (36.6%) were the most common CAM therapies recommended for LBP in pregnancy by the providers of prenatal health care in our sample. CONCLUSIONS: This two-part survey study found that both providers of prenatal health care and pregnant women in New Haven county are likely to use CAM treatments for pregnancy-induced LBP. Further investigation should focus on whether it is a nationwide phenomenon, as well as if various CAM therapies are an efficacious treatment for LBP during pregnancy. |