![]() ![]() Although a minority of patients (16%) had full satisfaction from CAM, 81% of users would repeat the CAM experience for their IBS symptoms. Conclusions: The widespread use of CAM in IBS, the patients' belief in its safety, and their willingness to re-use it suggest that knowledge of health-care providers and patient education should be improved. Only 19% of patients used CAM due to medical advice and over half (51%) thought it was a "more natural" approach. Significant risk factors (adjusted odds ratio, 95% confidence interval) for the use of CAM were female gender (7.22, 2.31?22.51), a higher BMI (1.16, 1.02?1.33), and a good knowledge of CAM (4.46, 1.73?11.45), while having children was a protective factor (0.25, 0.07?0.95). Biologically based therapy was the most chosen CAM (78%). Multivariate logistic regression analysis was performed in order to identify predictors of CAM use among participants. Results: Among 156 patients claiming IBS, 137 (88%) met the Rome IV criteria, and 62 of them (45%) were CAM users. A validated, self-administered, survey questionnaire dealing with CAM and patients' level of knowledge, motivation, perception, and information seeking-behavior toward the use of CAM was analyzed. Demographic features and characteristics potentially associated with the use of CAM were collected. study was conducted to evaluate the impact of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) as assessed by the Rome IV criteria. Methods: Consecutive patients referring for IBS were re-evaluated according to the Rome IV criteria. Department of Health Sciences, University of Catanzaro "Magna Graecia", Viale Europa, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy. ![]()
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