The prevalence of traditional and complementary medicine in the general population in Kashan, Iran, 2014
| Autor: | Mohsen Adib-Hajbaghery, Hamidreza Sadeghi Gandomani, Zahra Rezaie Shahsavarloo, Mohammad Sajjad Lotfi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
education.field_of_study Descriptive statistics Traditional medicine business.industry Population Alternative medicine Questionnaire 03 medical and health sciences Health problems 0302 clinical medicine Complementary and alternative medicine Family medicine Medicine Cluster sampling 030212 general & internal medicine Headaches medicine.symptom business Complementary medicine education 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Zdroj: | European Journal of Integrative Medicine. 8:661-669 |
| ISSN: | 1876-3820 |
| Popis: | Introduction Few studies are available on complementary medicine used in the Middle East and particularly from Iran. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the prevalence of using traditional and complementary medicine (T&CM) by people in Kashan, Iran, in 2014. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted on 541 subjects using cluster sampling from the general population of Kashan, Iran. The participants answered a questionnaire on knowledge, attitude and application of T&CM. Descriptive statistics and Chi-Square tests were used to analyze the data. Results Of the 541 subjects, 56.9% were male, 73.8% had a history of using T&CM methods, 66.5% reported that using T&CM was effective in improving their diseases and 42.1% had recommended T&CM to others. Respectively, 38.6% and 9.6% of the subjects have frequently used herbs and cupping. Moreover, 52.7% believed that herbs were very effective in the treatment of their health problems. T&CM methods were mostly used for headaches and dizziness (20%), common cold (19%) and digestive problems (17%). Conclusions T&CM was prevalent among the participants and herbal products were the most common. Due to the people’s enthusiasm toward T&CM, measures and policies must be implemented promptly to increase the public awareness and endorse the appropriate use of T&CM. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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