Prevalence and associated factors of complementary and integrative medicine use in patients afflicted with COVID-19.

Mohammad Mahdi Parvizi Sedigheh Forouhari Reza Shahriarirad Sepehr Shahriarirad Ryan D Bradley Leila Roosta

Published in: BMC complementary medicine and therapies (2022)

Many patients with COVID-19 used CIM, but few consulted with their physicians in this regard. Therefore, physicians should ask their patients about CIM usage, and patients should also report their use of CIM therapies during their medical visits. Furthermore, age and hospitalization status affected CIM use among patients with COVID-19.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis
sars cov
patient reported outcomes