Uso da medicina alternativa em crianças com dermatite atópica no ambulatório de dermatologia pediátrica do Hospital Universitário de Brasília

AUTOR(ES)

Nelson dos Reis Aguiar Júnior

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2009

RESUMO

Atopic dermatitis is a common skin disease among children, with difficult management, that involves genetic and environmental factors. Studies correlating the use of Complementary or Alternative Medicine and atopic dermatitis are not rare out of Brazil, but are unpublished in our country. Complementary or Alternative Medicine (CAM) is defined as diagnosis, treatment and / or prevention which complements conventional medicine by contributing as a whole, by meeting the demands not found in orthodox medicine or by diversifying the conceptual framework of medicine and that includes forms of therapy that has no scientific basis or proven effectiveness by scientific methods. The objective of this study was to investigate the prevalence of use of CAM by pediatric patients with atopic dermatitis, identify the factors that may influence the decision to use such therapies, to identify the factors family income, family size and caretakers schooling, to identify the nature of the alternative resources used by patients participating in this study, to verify if there was worsening of symptoms after the use of MAC, to verify if the disease chronicity is associated with greater likelihood of using CAM and to evaluate the factor cost of alternative treatment. The study was developed with 85 patients with atopic dermatitis, that were seen at the Dermatology Service of the University Hospital of Brasília. We applied a questionnaire to parents / caregivers of patients after a medical consultation. A total of 54 (63.5%) of patients used some type of action for Complementary or Alternative Medicine, word by mouth was the most cited reason for trying CAM. The factors family income, family size and caretakers schooling did not influence the decision to use CAM. Herbal medicines and homeopathy were the most used alternative resources and 18,8% of patients mentioned some sort of skin worsening after CAM use. Disease chronicity is related to greater likelihood of using alternative resources. The alternative treatment cost did not influence the use of CAM. Many of these alternative treatments were reported by patients as useless or as provocative deterioration of clinical general.

ASSUNTO(S)

ciencias da saude pele-doenças crianças-doenças

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