TY - JOUR
T1 - Use of complementary and alternative medicine in children with autism and other developmental disabilities
T2 - Associations with ethnicity, child comorbid symptoms, and parental stress
AU - Valicenti-Mcdermott, Maria
AU - Burrows, Bethany
AU - Bernstein, Leora
AU - Hottinger, Kathryn
AU - Lawson, Katharine
AU - Seijo, Rosa
AU - Schechtman, Merryl
AU - Shulman, Lisa
AU - Shinnar, Shlomo
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This project was supported in part by the Children’s Evaluation and Rehabilitation Center AECOM Internal Grant (MV).
Copyright:
Copyright 2014 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2014/3
Y1 - 2014/3
N2 - The use of complementary and alternative medicine by children with autism and the association of its use with child comorbid symptoms and parental stress was studied in an ethnically diverse population, in a cross-sectional study with structured interviews. The sample included 50 families of children with autism and 50 families of children with other developmental disabilities, matched by age/gender. Interview included the Complementary and Alternative Medicine Questionnaire, Gastrointestinal Questionnaire, Children's Sleep Habits Questionnaire, Aberrant Behavior Checklist, and Parenting Stress Index. In this ethnically diverse sample, the use of complementary and alternative medicine was significantly higher for the autism group. In the autism group, use was significantly related to child's irritability, hyperactivity, food allergies, and parental stress; in the developmental disabilities group, there was no association with child comorbid symptoms or parental stress. The results contribute information to health care providers about families of children with autism who are more likely to use complementary and alternative medicine.
AB - The use of complementary and alternative medicine by children with autism and the association of its use with child comorbid symptoms and parental stress was studied in an ethnically diverse population, in a cross-sectional study with structured interviews. The sample included 50 families of children with autism and 50 families of children with other developmental disabilities, matched by age/gender. Interview included the Complementary and Alternative Medicine Questionnaire, Gastrointestinal Questionnaire, Children's Sleep Habits Questionnaire, Aberrant Behavior Checklist, and Parenting Stress Index. In this ethnically diverse sample, the use of complementary and alternative medicine was significantly higher for the autism group. In the autism group, use was significantly related to child's irritability, hyperactivity, food allergies, and parental stress; in the developmental disabilities group, there was no association with child comorbid symptoms or parental stress. The results contribute information to health care providers about families of children with autism who are more likely to use complementary and alternative medicine.
KW - autism spectrum disorder
KW - complementary and alternative medicine
KW - developmental disabilities
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U2 - 10.1177/0883073812474489
DO - 10.1177/0883073812474489
M3 - Article
C2 - 23372032
AN - SCOPUS:84894478953
SN - 0883-0738
VL - 29
SP - 360
EP - 367
JO - Journal of child neurology
JF - Journal of child neurology
IS - 3
ER -