Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Perceptions of Medical Students from Pakistan

Majeed, Kashif; Mahmud, Hussain; Khawaja, Hussain; Mansoor, Saba; Masood, Sana; Khimani, Farhad

doi:10.3402/meo.v12i.4469

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“…is shows the influence of family and culture [39] and mass media as can be seen in previous studies from Pakistan [40] and Majmaah Province of Saudi Arabia [41]. However, this information can be misleading and our data show that most of the students consider lack of trained professionals, lack of scientific evidence, and lack of knowledge about CAM, as indicated in previous studies [32,42,43].…”

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confidence: 75%

Awareness, Self‐Use, Perceptions, Beliefs, and Attitudes toward Complementary and Alternative Medicines (CAM) among Health Professional Students in King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Khan

Ahmed

Aldarmahi

et al. 2020

Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

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Background. Around 75% of the world’s population relies on the use of complementary and alternative medicines (CAM) for their healthcare. Thus, we aimed at assessing the attitude and perception of health professional students about CAM and correlate the results with their demographical data. Methods. An observational cross-sectional study was conducted at King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences (KSAU-HS), Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, by enrolling 350 students. A self-administered questionnaire was used for data collection. Descriptive and inferential statistical analysis was performed using SPSS. Results. Results of our data suggested that majority of students were aware of the CAM modalities and considered prayers/spirituality (83.6%), massage (72.5%), nutritional supplements (74.1%), cupping (68.5%), herbal medicine (66.2), and yoga (61.6%) as most effective and least harmful CAM modalities. The students acquired more information about CAM from media (55%), books (56%), friends/relatives (59.7%), and other health professionals (58.4%), however, very little information from formal CAM courses or training (36.7%), which shows the lack of courses and trained health professional in the field of CAM. Despite utilizing nonreliable sources of CAM information, the majority of students had positive attitudes and perceptions about CAM usage. Majority of the students (75.8%) believe in the use of CAM for the mental and spiritual aspect of health and think that CAM providers give good information on maintaining a healthy lifestyle. The data also showed a significant P<0.05 association between awareness about CAM and gender. A significantly higher percentage of female students were using yoga and aromatherapy, while cupping was mostly used by male students. Similarly, a significant association was found among the different colleges and level of students in most of the CAM modalities. However, no association was found between the awareness and use of CAM with the educational level of parents or relatives in health sector except for acupuncture and cupping, where student’s awareness about acupuncture and cupping was found to have a significant positive association with mother educational level. On the other hand, a significant inverse association was found between acupuncture, yoga, cupping, and aromatherapy with family income. Conclusion. In conclusion, despite the lack of proper courses and professionally trained healthcare providers in the field of CAM, students demonstrated positive attitudes and beliefs toward the safety and effectiveness of CAM.

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Awareness, Self‐Use, Perceptions, Beliefs, and Attitudes toward Complementary and Alternative Medicines (CAM) among Health Professional Students in King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Khan

Ahmed

Aldarmahi

et al. 2020

Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

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“…The present findings showed a very low level of referral intention to TM as well as low levels of use and acceptance of TM in concurrence with the literature (Golbeck-Wood 1996;Lamarine et al 2003;Eisenberg 2001). Despite being aware of the usefulness of CAM, only a few medical students in Pakistan pursued further knowledge (Majeed et al 2007) which is similar to the trend in the present study.…”

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confidence: 80%

“…Since 80% of African population consider the use of TM as part of their cultural practice (WHO 2007;Onyiapat et al 2011), it is important to inculcate a positive attitude towards TM amongst medical students at an early part of their student career. Frenkel (2004) and Majeed et al (2007) support this observation. that motivation of educators to develop instructional strategies that address these needs can assist curricular innovation and also assist medical students to overcome the attitudinal barriers toward TM.…”

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confidence: 68%

Analysis of Nursing Students Learning Experiences in Clinical Practice: Literature Review

Kaphagawani¹

2013

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Socio-demographic factors, ethnicity, beliefs, practices, attitude of students, friends, parents and villagers were the potential explanatory variables in univariate and multivariate analyses. Out of a sample of 98 medical students, only 15% indicated willingness to refer parents and friends to traditional healers. Gender, age, religion, province and district did not influence the referral intention. Positive attitude of friends (p=0.031), of villagers (p=0.047), of students (p=0.004), on consulting traditional healers (p<0.001) and beliefs of students in Traditional Medicine (TM) (p=0.002) were the significant correlates of referral intention. However, after adjusting for confounding factors, only positive attitude of medical students to TM was found to be the significant and independent determinant of referral intention to traditional healers. The data lead to the conclusion that referral intention to TH and TM was very low among medical students. Therefore, intervention for integrative medicine should begin with medical students to develop a positive attitude towards TM, the important and significant determinant of referral intention to TH/TM. If doctors recognize the effectiveness of CAM in the management of some illnesses, the current gap between both medical approaches will get narrowed.

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“…Use of homeopathy medicine by Bangladeshi students is very high compared to the pharmacy and medical students in Turkey [12], Sierra Leone [9], and Malaysia [8]. But it is near to the study conducted in India [13] and Pakistan [14]. Popularity of this homeopathy medicine may be due to its easy availability and acquaintance.…”

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General perception and self-practice of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) among undergraduate pharmacy students of Bangladesh

Saha

Seam

Islam

et al. 2017

BMC Complement Altern Med

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BackgroundComplementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) is a combination of herbal medicine, traditional therapies, and mind-body intervention. This descriptive study was designed to assess the knowledge, attitudes, perception and self-use of CAM among Bangladeshi undergraduate pharmacy students. The study also evaluated their opinions about its integration into the pharmacy course curriculum.MethodsIt was a cross-sectional, questionnaire-based study conducted on 250 pharmacy students of five reputed public universities of Bangladesh.ResultsThis study revealed that majority of the pharmacy students were using or had previously used at least one type of CAM. Among the students, 59% had used homeopathy followed by Ayurveda (30%), meditation (29%), massage (13%), Unani (9%), yoga (6%) and acupuncture (2%). Students’ attitudes towards CAM were influenced by family and friends, books and journals, the internet and to a lesser degree by health practitioners. A significant (p < 0.05) number of students had knowledge about CAM. A majority of the students (90%) had positive, while 10% had negative attitudes towards CAM. Lack of knowledge and trained professionals were found to be the major interruptions to CAM use. 84.45% acknowledged the importance of knowledge about CAM for them as future healthcare practitioners. Furthermore, the majority of the students also believed that ideas and methods of CAM would be beneficial for conventional medicine.ConclusionsFrom the findings of the study, it can be recommended that an approach should be taken to educate the students about the fundamentals of CAM use so that it may fulfill the professional needs of our future pharmacists.

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Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Perceptions of Medical Students from Pakistan

Cited by 22 publications

References 11 publications

Awareness, Self‐Use, Perceptions, Beliefs, and Attitudes toward Complementary and Alternative Medicines (CAM) among Health Professional Students in King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Awareness, Self‐Use, Perceptions, Beliefs, and Attitudes toward Complementary and Alternative Medicines (CAM) among Health Professional Students in King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Analysis of Nursing Students Learning Experiences in Clinical Practice: Literature Review

General perception and self-practice of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) among undergraduate pharmacy students of Bangladesh

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