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dc.contributor.advisorZaleha Md Isa, Professor Dr.
dc.contributor.authorMaihebureti Abuduli (P49220)
dc.date.accessioned2023-10-16T09:31:29Z-
dc.date.available2023-10-16T09:31:29Z-
dc.date.issued2013-08-23
dc.identifier.otherukmvital:74665
dc.identifier.urihttps://ptsldigital.ukm.my/jspui/handle/123456789/515841-
dc.descriptionTraditional 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
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherUKM, Kuala Lumpur
dc.relationFaculty of Medicine / Fakulti Perubatan
dc.rightsUKM
dc.subjectPractice
dc.subjectTraditional
dc.subjectComplementary medicine
dc.subjectStaff
dc.subjectHospitals
dc.subjectMalaysia
dc.subjectPublic health
dc.titlePractice of traditional and complementary medicine among medical staff in five selected hospitals in Malaysia
dc.typeTheses
dc.format.pages142
dc.identifier.callnoWA20.5.A165p 2013 9HUKM
dc.identifier.barcode000698
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