Awareness, perception, attitude, and knowledge regarding complementary and alternative medicines (cams) among the pharmacy and medical students of a public university in Saudi Arabia
Autor: | Mastour S Al Ghamdi, Rizwan Ahmad, Saleh Al Sharedah, Shatha Al Ghamdi, Niyaz Ahmad, Atta Abbas Naqvi, Ghada Al Rabae, Mohammad Mastour, Mohamed Baraka |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2017 |
Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
knowledge media_common.quotation_subject education Alternative medicine Saudi Arabia Pharmaceutical Science lcsh:RS1-441 Pharmacy medical students Positive perception Target population perception lcsh:Pharmacy and materia medica 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Perception complementary and alternative medicines medicine awareness 030212 general & internal medicine CAMs Curriculum media_common Traditional medicine business.industry Attitude 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Family medicine pharmacy students Public university Health education business |
Zdroj: | Archives of Pharmacy Practice, Vol 8, Iss 2, Pp 51-63 (2017) ResearcherID |
Popis: | Introduction: The use of natural products, that is, herbs for clinical and domestic purposes, is quite common in Saudi Arabia. Studies have reported an increasing use of complementary and alternative medicines (CAMs). This study aims to investigate the perception, attitude, and knowledge of the students regarding CAMs and their use. Materials and Methods: A quantitative, cross-sectional study targeting the students of the pharmacy and medical colleges at the University of Dammam, Saudi Arabia was conducted for a 6-month duration. It employed a survey questionnaire termed as CAMs inventory. Results: The majority of the respondents were females (N = 180, 60.8%), and a major segment (N = 170, 57.4%) belonged to the age group between 21 and 23 years. Nearly half of the students (N = 121, 40.9%) strongly agreed on the need for integration of CAMs-related courses in medical and allied health education, and a similar proportion (N = 129, 43.6%) of the target population acknowledged using CAMs, based on family recommendations (N = 134, 45.3%). Half of the students (N = 142, 48%) had no knowledge about CAMs. Some of the CAMs were more prevalent in males and vice versa (P value |
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