Use of traditional Chinese medicine in Malaysia: A knowledge and practice study among general population toward complementary and alternative medicine in relation to health and quality of life in Malaysia
Purpose: There is a wide range of use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), which has increased drastically and affected treatments overall. The knowledge and practice of Chinese herbal medicine among the general population is considered as positive. Literature shows that the effectivenes...
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| author | Syed Ghouse Mohiuddin Sohail Aziz Rizwan Ahmed Siti Maisharah Shaikh Ghadzi Muhammad Zahid Iqbal Muhammad Shahid Iqbal |
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| description | Purpose: There is a wide range of use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), which has increased drastically and affected treatments overall. The knowledge and practice of Chinese herbal medicine among the general population is considered as positive. Literature shows that the effectiveness and acceptance of alternative therapies is still debatable among the general population. Materials and Methods: Study design was cross-sectional, in which sociodemographic data of respondents were collected through a validated questionnaire; results were analyzed by using validated data collection tool. The results were concluded on the basis of good, moderate, and poor response, which was evaluated through data analysis by the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) software, version 20.0. A P < 0.05 was considered as statistically significant. Results: Respondents were 182 (44.4%) males and 228 (55.6%) females; better knowledge was recognized among the females (P < 0.001) with mean knowledge of 15.55 ± 2.7. Chinese population had good knowledge with statistically strong correlation with mean knowledge of 15.63 (P = 0.006). Likewise, Buddhism was reported to have good knowledge among all the religions. Rural population was underlined with lesser family income and they showed good practice and understanding (P = 0.006). Comparatively positive attitude was noticed among the females (P < 0.001) with mean attitude of 15.55 ± 2.7. The highest level of education in this study was postgraduate, which showed 77.1% good attitude. Postgraduate participants were having varied results with standard deviation of ±6.23. Statistically highly significant association was seen between the religion and attitude of respondents with the P < 0.001. Chinese medicine is widely used, but religious difference was found among the races. Similar difference was found in knowledge and practice among the population of rural side and low family income compared to urban population with higher income and access to allopathic medicine. Conclusions: Despite having better practice among the Malaysian population, still the knowledge needs to be disseminated among the population for the overall use of traditional Chinese medicine with safety to improve health and quality of life in Malaysia. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-63548ed773194676a26050cc35fa5f9e2022-12-21T18:14:55ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsJournal of Pharmacy and Bioallied Sciences0975-74062021-01-0113110210710.4103/jpbs.JPBS_258_20Use of traditional Chinese medicine in Malaysia: A knowledge and practice study among general population toward complementary and alternative medicine in relation to health and quality of life in MalaysiaSyed Ghouse MohiuddinSohail AzizRizwan AhmedSiti Maisharah Shaikh GhadziMuhammad Zahid IqbalMuhammad Shahid IqbalPurpose: There is a wide range of use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), which has increased drastically and affected treatments overall. The knowledge and practice of Chinese herbal medicine among the general population is considered as positive. Literature shows that the effectiveness and acceptance of alternative therapies is still debatable among the general population. Materials and Methods: Study design was cross-sectional, in which sociodemographic data of respondents were collected through a validated questionnaire; results were analyzed by using validated data collection tool. The results were concluded on the basis of good, moderate, and poor response, which was evaluated through data analysis by the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) software, version 20.0. A P < 0.05 was considered as statistically significant. Results: Respondents were 182 (44.4%) males and 228 (55.6%) females; better knowledge was recognized among the females (P < 0.001) with mean knowledge of 15.55 ± 2.7. Chinese population had good knowledge with statistically strong correlation with mean knowledge of 15.63 (P = 0.006). Likewise, Buddhism was reported to have good knowledge among all the religions. Rural population was underlined with lesser family income and they showed good practice and understanding (P = 0.006). Comparatively positive attitude was noticed among the females (P < 0.001) with mean attitude of 15.55 ± 2.7. The highest level of education in this study was postgraduate, which showed 77.1% good attitude. Postgraduate participants were having varied results with standard deviation of ±6.23. Statistically highly significant association was seen between the religion and attitude of respondents with the P < 0.001. Chinese medicine is widely used, but religious difference was found among the races. Similar difference was found in knowledge and practice among the population of rural side and low family income compared to urban population with higher income and access to allopathic medicine. Conclusions: Despite having better practice among the Malaysian population, still the knowledge needs to be disseminated among the population for the overall use of traditional Chinese medicine with safety to improve health and quality of life in Malaysia.http://www.jpbsonline.org/article.asp?issn=0975-7406;year=2021;volume=13;issue=1;spage=102;epage=107;aulast=Mohiuddinalternative therapiescomplementary and alternative medicineknowledge attitude and practice (kap)quality of lifesupportive therapiestraditional chinese medicine |
| spellingShingle | Syed Ghouse Mohiuddin Sohail Aziz Rizwan Ahmed Siti Maisharah Shaikh Ghadzi Muhammad Zahid Iqbal Muhammad Shahid Iqbal Use of traditional Chinese medicine in Malaysia: A knowledge and practice study among general population toward complementary and alternative medicine in relation to health and quality of life in Malaysia Journal of Pharmacy and Bioallied Sciences alternative therapies complementary and alternative medicine knowledge attitude and practice (kap) quality of life supportive therapies traditional chinese medicine |
| title | Use of traditional Chinese medicine in Malaysia: A knowledge and practice study among general population toward complementary and alternative medicine in relation to health and quality of life in Malaysia |
| title_full | Use of traditional Chinese medicine in Malaysia: A knowledge and practice study among general population toward complementary and alternative medicine in relation to health and quality of life in Malaysia |
| title_fullStr | Use of traditional Chinese medicine in Malaysia: A knowledge and practice study among general population toward complementary and alternative medicine in relation to health and quality of life in Malaysia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Use of traditional Chinese medicine in Malaysia: A knowledge and practice study among general population toward complementary and alternative medicine in relation to health and quality of life in Malaysia |
| title_short | Use of traditional Chinese medicine in Malaysia: A knowledge and practice study among general population toward complementary and alternative medicine in relation to health and quality of life in Malaysia |
| title_sort | use of traditional chinese medicine in malaysia a knowledge and practice study among general population toward complementary and alternative medicine in relation to health and quality of life in malaysia |
| topic | alternative therapies complementary and alternative medicine knowledge attitude and practice (kap) quality of life supportive therapies traditional chinese medicine |
| url | http://www.jpbsonline.org/article.asp?issn=0975-7406;year=2021;volume=13;issue=1;spage=102;epage=107;aulast=Mohiuddin |
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