WCN25-2297 Kidney Disease care and Management in Samoa: Innovations and Challenges

Conclusions: Patients suffering from CKD were using Homeopathy and Ayurveda although there are other treatment modalities like Yoga, Naturopathy, Siddha, and Unani are approved CAM in India.The overall expectation from CAM was notably higher than hesitation and influence.Patients believe that CAM could help them cope with CKD and its complications, yet they expressed difficulty in finding skilled CAM practitioners.Family influence plays a significant role in shaping patients' decisions to pursue CAM treatments.These findings emphasize the need for better access to qualified CAM practitioners and suggest that patients' positive expectations could be leveraged to enhance integrative care approaches for CKD management.I have no potential conflict of interest to disclose.I used generative AI and AI-assisted technologies in the writing process.During the preparation of this work the author(s) used ChatGPt-4o (Open AI) in order to correct grammar and language of the abstract.After using this tool/service,