Module 5 Assessment

1. What are complementary therapies?

a. Free therapies to help people with cancer

b. An alternative way of treating cancer

c. Therapies to support people with cancer used alongside and after medical treatments

d. Making patients with cancer feel better by giving them a compliment

2. When were complementary therapies in oncology begun and by who?

a. By healthcare professionals and complementary therapists in the early 1980s

b. By hospital volunteers in the 1960s

c. By doctors wishing to compliment their patients on their progress in 1970s

d. By doctors doing them to save the NHS money in 1990s

3. Which of the following lists does not contain complementary therapies?

a. Aromatherapy massage, acupuncture, reflexology, reiki, scar massage

b. Shiatsu, qi gong, Tai Chi, gentle yoga, hypnotherapy, Emotional Freedom Techniques

c. Mindfulness, Mindful Self-Compassion, Counselling and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

d. Fire walking, crystal gazing, wig management.

4. Why to people seek complementary therapies?

a. Because they want an alternative to their chemotherapy and radiotherapy

b. Because they can have them at home

c. Because they believe them all to be safe and natural

d. To help develop a healthier lifestyle and to help with symptoms and side effects of their cancer and its treatments

5. What are the main mechanisms of complementary therapies?

a. Positive thinking and complimenting yourself

b. Through the mind-body connection, helping the body to rebalance and restore healthier functioning

c. Eliminating toxins from the body

d. Finding a natural way to cure cancer

6. What are some of the physiological mechanisms involved in complementary therapies?

a. There are none, it is all wishful thinking

b. Release of neuro-transmitters, activation of the parasympathetic nervous system, release of endorphins

Exercise

d. Lying down in a quiet room and listening to music

e) All of the above

7. When can complementary therapies be used in oncology?

a. Before, during and after cancer treatment, but with care using herbs or essential oils that may interact with any drugs or cancer treatments

b. Only from a month after medical treatment is finished

c. Only during radiotherapy treatment

d. Never during chemotherapy treatment

8. What complementary therapy(ies) can help with pain?

a. Only acupuncture

b. There is no evidence that complementary therapies can help

c. Drinking herbal teas

d. There is a growing body of evidence that acupuncture, mindfulness, scar massage, and aromatherapy can help

9. What complementary approaches can help side effects of chemotherapy?

10. What evidence base is there for complementary therapies?

a. None at all, patients just feel better from getting some extra attention

b. A few patient reports in most areas and some poorly conducted studies

c. There is a growing body of well-conducted trials with a variety of methodologies as well as some systematic reviews and meta-analyses but more research is needed in many therapies.

d. There is a lot of evidence for every complementary therapy which is held on a NHS database.

An Introduction to Integrative Oncology for Healthcare Professionals Module 5 Assessment

An Introduction to Integrative Oncology for Healthcare Professionals
Module 5 Assessment