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https://ptsldigital.ukm.my/jspui/handle/123456789/515841| Title: | Practice of traditional and complementary medicine among medical staff in five selected hospitals in Malaysia |
| Authors: | Maihebureti Abuduli (P49220) |
| Supervisor: | Zaleha Md Isa, Professor Dr. |
| Keywords: | Practice Traditional Complementary medicine Staff Hospitals Malaysia Public health |
| Issue Date: | 23-Aug-2013 |
| Description: | Traditional and Complementary Medicine (T&CM) is garnering increasing interest and acceptance among the general population. Knowledge, practical experiences and positive attitude of medical staff are important to facilitate applications of T&CM and educate the patients. The aim of this study is to determine the practice of T&CM and factors associated with it among medical staff in five selected hospitals in Malaysia. The is a cross sectional study using both using quantitative and qualitative methods. A total of 46.3% of the medical staff had ever used T&CM in their life and 32.5% of them used T&CM in the last one year. It was found that 48.6% of the medical staff had ever referred T&CM practice to their patients or families in their life, and 25.2% of them did so in the last one year. A total of 21.4%, 19.5%, 18.7% respondents have used massage, herbal therapies and postnatal care respectively while only 5% and 3.8% respondents used other types of T&CM and acupuncture in their lives. Female medical staff (49.9%) used T&CM more commonly in their life as compared to male medical staff (34.3%) (p=0.004). Nurses (56.2%), medical staff who have more than 10 years of working experience (50.8%), and married medical staff (52.3%) used significantly higher T&CM in their life as compared to pharmacists, medical staff with working experience less than 10 years, and medical staff who are not married (p=0.005, p=0.032, and p<0.001 respectively). Married medical staff were 2.1 times more likely to practice T&CM than non-married medical staff. Knowledge of T&CM among the medical staff was poor (61.2%), however, majority of them have positive attitude towards T&CM (65.4%), and a positive perception on health education in T&CM (85.3%). Medical staff who had positive attitude towards T&CM were 1.7 times more likely to practice T&CM in their whole life. Around one third of medical staff (34.6%) practiced or recommended T&CM because of their own personal experience. Less than half of the medical staff (44.7%) used or recommended T&CM because they believed it was effective. A total of 21.4% have ever attended some T&CM classes or courses during their training. This study revealed that a significant number of medical staff practiced T&CM or referred T&CM to their patients and relatives. Knowledge regarding T&CM was poor. It turned out that most of the medical staff have positive attitude towards T&CM, but many have not been exposed to T&CM education, and most of the medical staff have positive perception about health education/training in T&CM. Providing information and proper guidelines on practice of T&CM to the medical staff may help to integrate T&CM into the mainstream medicine.,Ph.D |
| Pages: | 142 |
| Call Number: | WA20.5.A165p 2013 9HUKM |
| Publisher: | UKM, Kuala Lumpur |
| Appears in Collections: | Faculty of Medicine / Fakulti Perubatan |
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