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Asian Paci?c Society of Respirology, Bally, Indonesia, 13 - 16 November 2014, pp.37
In cancer patients, high symptom load and poor prognosis, causes more complementary-alternative treatment (CAT) use. Although very few of CAT methods tested and most not proved, these methods remains to be popular. This study was done to ?nd out, CAT application frequency, its causes, methods and life quality and depression-anxiety level possible effect on CAT usage, to compare CAT users and nonusers sociodemographic, medical, psychosocial variables in lung cancer patients. Material and Methods: Research was done in Akdeniz University Medical Faculty, Internal Medicine Medical Onchology and Chest Medicine Clinics, between the dates June 2012 and October 2012, with patients, diagnosed as lung cancer at least 3 months ago, in the form face to face questionnaire. In data collection, CAT inquiry form, Hospital Anxiety-Depression Scale (HAD) and life quality questionnaire (EORTC QLQ-LC13) were used, while in data descriptive statistics, mean, standart deviation, frequency and ratio values were used. Variant distribution was controlled with Kolmogorov–Simirnov test. In qualitative data analysis independent samples t-test and Mann–Whitney u-test, in quantative data analysis, ki-square test, in conditions not provides, ?sher test and for the analysis SPSS 20.0 programme was used. Findings: 161 patients (10 women, 151 men) was included in the study, 61 (%36.96) were CAT user. Most used CAT method was plants, most used plant was stinging nettle and its seeds.There were no signi?cant difference between CAT users and nonusers in respect to sociodemographic, socioeconomic features such as medical conditions, age, sex, marital-education-economic status and EORTC QLQ-LC13 life quality scale average total score, HAD average total anxiety score and mean depression score. In CAT users, anxiety incidence was signi?cantly lower than in CAT nonusers. CAT users were found tobemoreconsultingtopsychiatristandwereusingmoreantidepressantdrugs. Results: It was found out in our study that lung cancer patients perceive their disease independently from their sociodemographic, socioeconomic and medical status, they tend to CAT as complementary to their conventional treatment. Despite there is no signi?cant difference between CAT users and nonusers depression and anxiety score mean, anxiety was seen much more less in CAT users. Reason for this, might be CAT users were going to psychiatrist and were using antidepressants more frequently than CAT nonusers. Our study shows that, we should give much more information about CATto our patients regardless their sociodemographic, socioeconomic and medical status, we should ask CAT usage status to all patients, especially patients who are taking psychological support and treatment as they tend to be seen more prone to CAT usage.