Table 3 |
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Medical problems for which pediatricians refer/consider referring for CAM therapies (N = 519) |
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Medical Problems |
Percentage |
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1 |
Chronic Problems (headaches, abdominal pain, asthma, pain management |
86% |
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2 |
When conventional medical therapies failed |
56% |
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3 |
Other chronic diseases with no known cure |
55.5% |
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4 |
Behavioral problems (ADHD) |
49% |
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5 |
Psychiatric Disorder (depression, anxiety, eating disorders) |
47% |
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6 |
Neurological Disorders (seizures, muscular dystrophy, cerebral palsy) |
28% |
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7 |
Cancer |
26% |
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8 |
Autoimmune Disorders (SLE, arthritis) |
26% |
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9 |
HIV |
20.5% |
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10 |
Other |
10% |
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Sawni and Thomas BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2007 7:18 doi:10.1186/1472-6882-7-18 |
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