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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
Attitudes and patterns of use of alternative medicine in a rural area, El-Minia, Egypt
European Journal of Integrative Medicine, Volume 3, No. 2, Year 2011
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Background: Many people use alternative medicine (AM), but the extent of this use has not been widely studied. Methods: A community-based cross sectional study was carried out to evaluate the attitude and extent of use of AM stratified by sociodemographic characteristics in the last year 2009 among 1548 rural dwellers of Saft el-laban village in El-Minia, chosen by a systematic random sample. A structured questionnaire was filled by the investigators through interview with rural dwellers. Results: Nearly one third (32.9%) of respondents had used AM and reported that they knew about it from family members or friends. Herbs were the most common type used. Respondents' reasons for taking AM were varied and included reasons such as "economically reasonable" (41.0%), "recommendation from family/friends" (34.9%), "effectiveness of AM" (33.9%), "easily accessible" (31.0%). Marital status, age, sex, educational level and occupation of respondents had statistically significant effects on respondents' attitudes [P< 0.05)]. Conclusion: The study emphasized the wide use of AM by rural dwellers in El-Minia, highlighting need for health care practitioners and other health care givers to be aware of this practice and make efforts in obtaining information about modalities used. © 2011.
Authors & Co-Authors
Seedhom, Amany Edward
Egypt, Cairo
El-minia Faculty of Medicine
Kamel, Emad Gergis
Egypt, Cairo
El-minia Faculty of Medicine
Awadalla, Hala Ibrahim
Egypt, Cairo
Ain Shams University
Statistics
Citations: 10
Authors: 3
Affiliations: 2
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/j.eujim.2011.04.022
e-ISSN:
18763839
Research Areas
Health System And Policy
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Study Locations
Egypt