Types and sociodemographic correlates of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use among people with epilepsy in Oman

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 361-366

  Al Asmi, Abdullah ^a   Al Maniri, Abdullah ^a   Al Farsi, Yahya M ^a   Burke, David T ^b   Al Asfoor, Fatema M H ^a   Al Busaidi, Ibrahim ^a   Al Breiki, Mohamed H A ^a   Lahiri, Shaon ^a   Braidy, Nady ^c   Essa, Musthafa M ^a   Al Adawi, Samir ^a  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arab Islamic; Complementary and alternative medicine; Oman; People with epilepsy; Tertiary care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EPILEPSY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HYPERSALIVATION; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OMAN; SCHOOL; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ARAB/ISLAMIC; COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; OMAN; PEOPLE WITH EPILEPSY; TERTIARY CARE;

ADULT; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OMAN; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885076228     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2013.07.022     Document Type: Article

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