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Title |
Characteristics of users and implications for the use of complementary and alternative medicine in Ghanaian cancer patients undergoing radiotherapy and chemotherapy: a cross- sectional study
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Published in |
BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies, January 2013
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DOI | 10.1186/1472-6882-13-16 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Joel Yarney, Andrew Donkor, Samuel Y Opoku, Lily Yarney, Isaac Agyeman-Duah, Alice C Abakah, Emmanuel Asampong |
Abstract |
There is widespread use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) in Ghana, driven by cultural consideration and paradigm to disease causation. Whether there is concurrent use of conventional medicine and CAM in cancer patients is unknown. This study investigates the prevalence, pattern and predictors of CAM use in cancer patients. Overlapping toxicity, sources of information, and whether users inform their doctor about CAM use is examined. |
X Demographics
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Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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Unknown | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
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Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 202 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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Indonesia | 1 | <1% |
United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
India | 1 | <1% |
Unknown | 199 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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Student > Master | 36 | 18% |
Researcher | 19 | 9% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 19 | 9% |
Student > Postgraduate | 18 | 9% |
Student > Bachelor | 17 | 8% |
Other | 45 | 22% |
Unknown | 48 | 24% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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Medicine and Dentistry | 62 | 31% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 28 | 14% |
Social Sciences | 13 | 6% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 7 | 3% |
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 6 | 3% |
Other | 32 | 16% |
Unknown | 54 | 27% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 1. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 22 January 2013.
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#18,326,065
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Outputs from BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies
#2,497
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#221,613
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Outputs of similar age from BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies
#59
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