Willingness to Try and Lifetime Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Children and Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder in Germany: A Survey of Parents

Autor/inn/en	Höfer, Juliana; Bachmann, Christian; Kamp-Becker, Inge; Poustka, Luise; Roessner, Veit; Stroth, Sanna; Wolff, Nicole; Hoffmann, Falk
Titel	Willingness to Try and Lifetime Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Children and Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder in Germany: A Survey of Parents
Quelle	In: Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 23 (2019) 7, S.1865-1870 (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1362-3613
DOI	10.1177/1362361318823545
Schlagwörter	Autism; Pervasive Developmental Disorders; Children; Adolescents; Intervention; Therapy; Foreign Countries; Health Services; Diagnostic Tests; Observation; Metacognition; Relaxation Training; Human Body; Dietetics; Asperger Syndrome; Parent Background; Educational Attainment; Germany; Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Autismus; Child; Kind; Kinder; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Therapie; Ausland; Health service; Gesundheitsdienst; Gesundheitswesen; Diagnostic test; Diagnostischer Test; Beobachtung; Meta cognitive ability; Meta-cognition; Metakognitive Fähigkeit; Metakognition; Entspannungstraining; Menschlicher Körper; Ernährungslehre; Asperger-Syndrom; Elternhaus; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Deutschland
Abstract	Regardless of their limited evidence and potential adverse effects, use of complementary and alternative medicine is common in children with autism spectrum disorder. Nevertheless, data on complementary and alternative medicine use in children with autism spectrum disorder in Germany are lacking. Therefore, a questionnaire survey on the use of complementary and alternative medicine was distributed to parents of children with autism spectrum disorder from three academic autism spectrum disorder outpatient clinics in Germany. Of 211 respondents, 46% stated that their child currently used or had ever used some form of complementary and alternative medicine in their life. The complementary and alternative medicine modalities most frequently used were manipulative and body-based methods (e.g. craniosacral therapy). And 18% of caregivers expressed willingness to try complementary and alternative medicine treatments for their child with autism spectrum disorder in the future, with mind-body interventions predominating. Health professionals should be aware of the considerable complementary and alternative medicine use prevalence among children with autism spectrum disorder and offer parents information about its effectiveness and potential side effects. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01