A study to find extent of use of complementary alternative medicine such as Ayurveda, Homoeopathy, Unani,Herbal remedies, Home remedies Panchkarma and Yoga with patients satisfaction in Breast cancer.
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- Breast cancer
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2011/05/001749
- Lead Sponsor
- investigator initiative Dr U M Thatte
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Open to Recruitment
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 340
Inclusion Criteria
Willingness to give voluntarily informed consent
Female participants of more than 18 yrs
Participant diagnosed for Breast cancer in outpatient clinic
Patient who is taking CAM along with established
therapy or who have stopped using CAM within last one year
Exclusion Criteria
Patient participating in any other IRB approved interventional study at Tata Memorial Hospital
Pregnant and lactating women
Patient using CAM for other reason than Breast cancer
Patient suffering from psychological disorder
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Extent of use of CAM therapy <br/ ><br>in percentage. Patients satisfaction and effectiveness of CAM in terms of percentage.Timepoint: 16 weeks
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Cost of CAM per month. The reason of CAM being used by patient. Identifying most commonly used CAMTimepoint: 16 week