[PDF] Top 20 Use and acceptance of complementary and alternative medicine among medical students: a cross sectional study from Palestine

... and Alternative Medicine (CAM) is gain- ing more importance around the world, both as a topic for research and a used ...and medical or health systems that are not commonly recognized in the same way ... See full document

... CAM among Palestinian hypertensive patients [13], diabetes mellitus patients [14], cancer patients [15], or the general public ...therapies among cancer patients [17], university students [18], ... See full document

... The use of self-evaluation and limited questions for evaluation of knowledge are limitation of this ...taken from West Bank alone which may not be representa- tive of all Palestinian ...obtained from ... See full document

... the use of complementary and alternative medi- cine (CAM) therapies ...Energy Medicine; and (4) Biologically based practices ...mainstream medicine by: “satisfying a demand not met by ... See full document

... This study utilized a non-experimental ‘modified’ cross- sectional survey design, whereby data collection took place at two time points, three to four weeks ...was cross-sectional in ... See full document

... CAM use are presented in Table ...CAM use. Prevalence of CAM use was lower among females (OR: ...to use a CAM modality (p for trend < ...to medical treatment adherence, years ... See full document

... of medical treatments ...CAM use, we aimed to determine if any relationship existed between DLQI and CAM ...our study was found to be ...to use CAM more ... See full document

... over medical education, increase the understand- ing of the concept of medicine and integrating CAM therapies in mainstream health care services ...this study aims to determine the prevalence, types, ... See full document

... CAM use is common among hypertensive patients (8% - 40%) and they use it alongside conventional medical treatments ...Apart from pro- viding cheaper alternatives to conventional ... See full document

... CAM use to medical practitioners is impor- tant if the issue is to be discussed and any potential inter- actions or adverse effects ...our study 66% did not disclose CAM usage to their doctor, which ... See full document

... a study among newly diag- nosed breast cancer patients, the causes of delayed presen- tation were: previous medical consultations ...emanating from paradigm to disease causation leading to ... See full document

... descriptive, cross-sectional study of 240 diabetic ...diverse medical and healthcare systems, practices, and products that are not generally considered part of conventional Western ...CAM ... See full document

... This study has some limitations. The current study was cross-sectional in nature and cannot speak to temporal relationships or ...this study was con- ducted at a single academic center ... See full document

... our study, only one-third of CAM users divulged their CAM use to their treating physi- cians, and fewer patients informed their educators and ...CAM use with their patients because they are either ... See full document

... whole medical systems, mind-body medicine, biologically based practices, manipulative and body-based therapies and energy medicine ...Chinese Medicine (TCM) which includes herbal ... See full document

... evident from the table that in Indian male student paired mean difference of 18 and 13 year, 18 and 14 year were found to be ...male students and 16 year was better than 18 year male student in ...male ... See full document

... IBS among studied medical students ...a study performed in Saudi Arabia, King Abdulaziz University in ...597 medical stu- dents and interns and reported an IBS prevalence of about ...a ... See full document

... this study reported discussing their use of CAM with their VA providers ...presumption among patients that this is a legitimate aspect of treatment to discuss with their ...care from both ... See full document

... the medical students were familiar with the CAM methods widely used in Turkey, and knowledge about the methods which were less frequently used has been increasing with the senior years in the medical ... See full document

... The cross–sectional study is a method of study that permits the researcher to collect data on different groups of people at varying age levels at the same point in ...the ... See full document