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

Autism

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2019, Pages 1865-1870

  Höfer, Juliana ^a   Bachmann, Christian ^b   Kamp Becker, Inge ^c   Poustka, Luise ^d   Roessner, Veit ^e   Stroth, Sanna ^c   Wolff, Nicole ^e   Hoffmann, Falk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^b LVR Institute for Healthcare Research   (Germany)

^c PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^e DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

autism spectrum disorder; complementary and alternative medicine; Germany; prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; AUTISM; AUTISM DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW REVISED; AUTISM DIAGNOSTIC OBSERVATION SCHEDULE; CHILD; CLIENT SERVICE RECEIPT INVENTORY; COHORT ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; ICD-10; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; WILLINGNESS TO PAY; CHILD PARENT RELATION; GERMANY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PARENTS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 85060677944     PISSN: 13623613     EISSN: 14617005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1362361318823545     Document Type: Article

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