A qualitative study on urut Melayu: the traditional Malay massage
| Autor: | Norlaili Ahmad, Haniza Mohd Anuar, Shaheeda Mohd Sallehuddin, Fariza Fadzil, Norsuria Abd Ghani |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Health Personnel medicine Humans Qualitative Research Malay Aged Aged 80 and over Massage Traditional medicine business.industry Malaysia Focus Groups Middle Aged Focus group language.human_language Complementary and alternative medicine Family medicine language Christian ministry Female Medicine Traditional Complementary medicine business Qualitative research |
| Zdroj: | Journal of alternative and complementary medicine (New York, N.Y.). 16(11) |
| ISSN: | 1557-7708 |
| Popis: | We conducted this study to gain an insight into the experiences and views of practitioners of urut Melayu, the traditional Malay massage, which will be used in developing a preliminary framework of the urut Melayu process.We adopted a qualitative study design. We carried out a total of five focus group discussions (FGDs) comprising 6-10 urut Melayu practitioners each.We carried out three FGDs at the Traditional and Complementary Medicine Division, Ministry of Health and two FGDs at a district Health Clinic.All participants of the FGDs were urut Melayu practitioners registered with the Ministry of Health. Three (3) FGDs comprised all females while two comprised all males. A total of 12 males and 24 females participated in the study.We identified six themes from the study, namely, indications for urut Melayu, the urut Melayu technique, other treatments in conjunction with urut Melayu, outcome of urut Melayu, ethics of urut Melayu, and practitioners' source of skills and knowledge.Urut Melayu is a unique form of massage carried out for various purposes. Although it is common belief that there are vast differences in the way it is performed from one practitioner to another, this study revealed that similarities do exist and there is potential to develop a standard framework for urut Melayu for regulation and training purposes. |
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