title: Patient disclosure of the use of complementary and alternative medicine to their obstetrician/gynaecologist.
abstract: The objective of the study was to determine the extent of complementary and alternative medicine use and the disclosure of that use by patients seeing an obstetrician/gynaecologist. Data from the National Health Interview Survey of the USA 2007 were reviewed. Of the 2,673 women seeing an obstetrician/gynaecologist 956 (35.8%) used at least one form of CAM. However, only 51.8% of the women using CAM disclosed that use to their physician.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, USA. j.harrigan@verizon.net
authors.forename: J T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Harrigan
mesh_terms: D015670:Acupuncture Therapy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000328:Adult; D002684:Chiropractic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000529:Complementary Therapies / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006176:Gynecology; D029001:Herbal Medicine / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006705:Homeopathy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D009774:Obstetrics; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011247:Pregnancy; D014342:Truth Disclosure; D015013:Yoga