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Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviors of Medical Residents towards Traditional and Complementary Medicine: A Cross-sectional Study.
- Source :
- International Journal of Traditional & Complementary Medicine Research; nis2024, Vol. 5 Issue 1, p19-27, 9p
- Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors of medical residents working at a faculty of medicine hospital about traditional and complementary medicine (TCM). Material-Method: This is a cross-sectional study. The study was conducted with medical residents working at the faculty of medicine between 15 July and 15 December 2021. A survey containing questions to determine the clinical and demographic characteristics of the participants and their knowledge, behavior, and attitudes toward TCM methods was applied to the participants. Results: A total of 261 medical residents participated. The average age was 29.4±2.6 years, and 51.7% (n=135) were male. 82% of the participants were studying internal medicine sciences. The average time as a physician was 4.4 years, and the average time as a physician in the total branch was 2.6 years. Cupping therapy was the most known method, with 55.6%. The most frequently used method (19.2%) was phytotherapy; the most commonly recommended (16.5%) was phytotherapy; the most formally trained (4.2%) was cupping therapy; the most desired formal training (41%) was acupuncture; the most frequently declared method (11.9%) as another TCM method was diet. 36.4% of the participants found TCM useful. 82% thought that these methods should only be applied by trained physicians. Conclusion: It was determined that the level of TCM knowledge among medical residents was low. Although the majority of participants had a positive attitude toward TCM, they had low rates of application, implementation, and recommendation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- CROSS-sectional method
INTEGRATIVE medicine
SCALE analysis (Psychology)
THERAPEUTICS
TRADITIONAL medicine
ACADEMIC medical centers
CUPPING
MEDICAL education
HEALTH occupations students
HERBAL medicine
INTERNSHIP programs
ACUPUNCTURE
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
MANN Whitney U Test
HOSPITAL medical staff
ATTITUDE (Psychology)
ALTERNATIVE medicine
INTERNAL medicine
RESEARCH methodology
STUDENT attitudes
PHYSICIANS
DATA analysis software
DIET therapy
NONPARAMETRIC statistics
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 27177491
- Volume :
- 5
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- International Journal of Traditional & Complementary Medicine Research
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 177584595
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.53811/ijtcmr.1397656