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Perception And Use Of Complementary And Alternative Medicine Among Children And Adults With Epilepsy: The Importance Of The Decision Makers., Ali A Asadi-Pooya, Mehrdad Emami
Perception And Use Of Complementary And Alternative Medicine Among Children And Adults With Epilepsy: The Importance Of The Decision Makers., Ali A Asadi-Pooya, Mehrdad Emami
Department of Neurology Faculty Papers
The aim of the current study was to assess the extent to which complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) has been used in children and adults to treat seizures and to compare the perceptions and usage of CAM between adult patients who decides for themselves and adults who decide for their sick children.In this cross-sectional study, patients who have been treated for epilepsy for at least one year at the outpatient epilepsy clinic at the Shiraz University of Medical Sciences were interviewed from January 2012 through March 2012. The questionnaire collected specific information of CAM perceptions and usage among patients. Pearson …