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dc.contributor.authorJacobsen, Renate
dc.contributor.authorFønnebø, Vinjar
dc.contributor.authorFoss, Nina
dc.contributor.authorKristoffersen, Agnete Egilsdatter
dc.date.accessioned2016-02-19T09:23:44Z
dc.date.available2016-02-19T09:23:44Z
dc.date.issued2015-08-13
dc.description.abstract<p>Background: Over the recent decades complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use within and outside of the public health care system in Norway has increased. The aim of this study is to describe to what extent CAM is offered in Norwegian hospitals in 2013 and investigate possible changes since 2008. <p>Methods: In January 2013 a one-page questionnaire was sent to the medical director of all included hospitals (n = 80). He/she was asked to report whether or not one or more specific CAM therapies were offered in the hospital. Fifty-nine (73.8 %) hospitals responded and form the basis for the analyses. <p>Results: CAM was offered in 64.4 % of the responding hospitals. No major differences were found between public and private, or between somatic and psychiatric, hospitals. Acupuncture was the most frequent CAM method offered, followed by art- and expression therapy and massage. The proportion of hospitals offering CAM has increased from 50.5 % in 2008 to 64.4 % in 2013 (p = 0.089). The largest increase was found in psychiatric hospitals where 76.5 % of hospitals offered CAM in 2013 compared to 28.6 % in 2008 (p = 0.003). A small decrease was found in the proportion of hospitals offering acupuncture between 2008 (41.4 %) and 2013 (37.3 %). <p>Conclusions: A majority of Norwegian hospitals offer some sort of CAM. The largest increase since 2008 was found in psychiatric hospitals. Psychiatric hospitals seem to have established a practice of offering CAM to their patients similar to the practice in somatic hospitals. This could indicate a shift in the attitude with regard to CAM in psychiatric hospitals.en_US
dc.identifier.citationBMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2015, 15(1)en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 1256622
dc.identifier.doi10.1186/s12906-015-0782-5
dc.identifier.issn1472-6882
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/8514
dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:no-uit_munin_8089
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherBioMed Centralen_US
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccess
dc.subjectCAMen_US
dc.subjectHospitalsen_US
dc.subjectNorwayen_US
dc.subjectTrendsen_US
dc.subjectComplementary therapiesen_US
dc.subjectAlternative medicineen_US
dc.subjectVDP::Medisinske Fag: 700en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Medical disciplines: 700en_US
dc.titleUse of complementary and alternative medicine within Norwegian hospitalsen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typeTidsskriftartikkelen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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