Survey on complementary and alternative medicine in pregnancy, childbirth, puerperium

• Project/Area Number: 23792671
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Lifelong developmental nursing
• Research Institution: Juntendo University
• Principal Investigator: UETAKE Takako 順天堂大学, 医療看護学部, 助教 (20438617)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2014)
• Budget Amount: ¥2,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥600,000); Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000); Fiscal Year 2011: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
• Keywords: 補完代替医療 / 妊娠・分娩・産褥期 / 補完代替療法

Outline of Final Research Achievements

With the aim to reveal the reality of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) to be used in pregnancy, childbirth, puerperium in Japan, it was investigated in 1,500 target women. As a result, 46.9% of the target women revealed that using CAM. Women who have experienced side effects was only 2.3%. On the other hand, 54.4% of women were using CAM without consulting the experts. In addition, 79.8% of women was not asked from medical personnel about the use of CAM, further 48.7% of women had received CAM from outside experts. From the above, medical personnel it is necessary to ask actively about the use of CAM, woman it is necessary to check whether CAM providers are qualified and knowledge has been suggested.