Knowledge, attitude and practice of complementary and alternative medicine: A patient′s perspective

Jaiswal, Kavita; Bajait, Chaitali S; Pimpalkhute, Sonali; Sontakke, Smita; Dakhale, Ganesh N.; Magdum, Ayudh

doi:10.4103/2230-8598.151243

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“…The recommendation of CAM use by family was second most prevalent in our study and this have also been stated in the study conducted by (Jan et al, 2009)and in an Indian study by Jaiswal et al, however only 4.34% Indians referred to media as an information source (Jaiswal et al, 2015). Only a handful of participants reported that information on use of CAMs was given by any physician or specialist of the concerned ield.…”

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confidence: 86%

“…Contradictory to Saudi Arabia, the frequently used CAM practices in the Western world (MO, 2010;Mansour et al, 2015) are relaxation technique, (MacLennan et al, 1996) chiropractic, massage and homeopathy (Eisenberg et al, 1993;Goldbeck-Wood et al, 1996) . The mistrust of some patients for conventional medicine, belief it has more side-effects and dissatisfaction with previously used conventional medicine that they had used previously had made them shift to CAM (Jaiswal et al, 2015;El-Gendy et al, 2005). The augmented employment of CAM has formed a mounting interest concerning CAMs which have been investigated in several nations (Muttappallymyalil et al, 2013;Naja et al, 2011).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Knowledge and Attitude of People towards using Complementary and alternative medicine in Riyadh city - A questionnaire study

Alqahtani

Mohd

Rahbeni

2020

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The practice of CAM use is influenced by , cultural and religious factor; it becomes essential to explore the prevalence and perception on a regular basis. Therefore, aim of this survey was to assess the knowledge and attitude of consumers towards Alternative Complementary Medicine in Riyadh city. A questionnaire based survey was carried out in Riyadh city from Dec. 2019 to April 2020 on the residents above 18 years. Details of type of CAM practiced and its source of information and questions on the perceptions of participants regarding use of CAM like Is it safe to use alternative medicine, Less expensive/ more effective than modern medicine were asked. The responses of perceptions were on 3 point scale-Agreed, neutral and disagreed. Chi-square test was applied to find association different types of and perceptions with demographic variables. A value of p<0.05 was considered statistically significant. A total of (n=381) subjects responded to the questionnaire. Most of the study subjects reported social media (51%) as the main source of information for the and used herbal medicine (72.70%). Females and participants between 51-60 years showed significantly higher use of (p<0.05). Almost 40.70% and 54.4% of the study participants agreed that the is safe and less expensive than modern medicine, respectively. Researches in the area of CAM by focusing each practice separately should be encouraged so that sufficient evidence exists to use or refute any CAM practice and physicians must advise patients to consult the respective experts and work in an integrated approach for the well-fare of the patients and the society.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 86%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Knowledge and Attitude of People towards using Complementary and alternative medicine in Riyadh city - A questionnaire study

Alqahtani

Mohd

Rahbeni

2020

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“…In previous study by Jaiswal et al, it has been found that 52.17% patients used CAM because of good previous experience. 17 More than half of patients (57.39%) were using more than one CAM therapy.…”

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“…14 The questionnaire was structured and modeled based on similar surveys conducted earlier. [15][16][17]…”

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Complementary and alternative medicines usage in elderly patients in tertiary care teaching hospital of North India

Mehra

Khajuria

2020

Int J Basic Clin Pharmacol

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Background: Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is defined as a group of diverse medical health care systems, practices and products that are not presently considered to be part of conventional medicine. Its use is highly prevalent in elderly population because of presence of chronic diseases. So, present study was planned to assess CAM usage in elderly patients.Methods: This observational, questionnaire-based study was conducted at department of pharmacology, in association with department of medicine and included all adult patients of more than 60 years of age who have taken any CAM therapy. Demographic data, name of CAM preparation, its characteristics and behavioral pattern for its usage were recorded.Results: Out of 200 patients of more than 60 years attending medicine outpatient department, 115 were found to be CAM users. CAM usage was more in females (59.1%); age group of 60-69 years (49.57%); rural residents (66.08%); low socioeconomic status (81.73%). Most common CAM preparations used were dietary supplements (61.7%) and vitamins and minerals (56.52%) for indications such as chronic pain and endocrine disorders because it was thought to be safe. 76.52 % of CAM users did not discuss CAM with their health care provider.Conclusions: CAM use is highly prevalent in elderly patients and more so in females of low socioeconomic status. Most common CAM therapy used was dietary supplements. Continuous educational efforts are needed to enhance the awareness of patients and healthcare providers regarding the CAM therapy.

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“…When the attitude towards different systems of medicine was investigated in our study it was found that 50(22%) of people preferred Ayurveda, 3(1.3%) preferred homeopathy and 71 (31.3%) of people believed in modern medicine. Jaiswal et al [8] conducted a study on knowledge, attitude and practice of complementary and alternative medicine. They found that 71.73% of respondents were using the Ayurveda system of medicine.…”

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A Community Based Study on the Attitude of Family towards Elderly, Girl Child Education, Nutrition and Health Care in the Rural Field Practice Areas of a Tertiary Care Hospital in Mangalore

Venkateshkrishna¹,

Palatty²,

Suresh³

2019

JPPCM

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This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License This study helps us in knowing how people in urban and rural areas are dealing with their health, their attitude towards the elderly people and the importance of girl child education, nutrition and health care. It also helps in knowing their preferences of different systems of medicine and preference over government and private setup and also to know their views on the satisfaction of treatment they have received.

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Knowledge, attitude and practice of complementary and alternative medicine: A patient′s perspective

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Knowledge and Attitude of People towards using Complementary and alternative medicine in Riyadh city - A questionnaire study

Knowledge and Attitude of People towards using Complementary and alternative medicine in Riyadh city - A questionnaire study

Complementary and alternative medicines usage in elderly patients in tertiary care teaching hospital of North India

A Community Based Study on the Attitude of Family towards Elderly, Girl Child Education, Nutrition and Health Care in the Rural Field Practice Areas of a Tertiary Care Hospital in Mangalore

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