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Knowledge perspective and use of unconventional complementary and alternative therapy among diabetes patients attend diabetic center in Aldiwanyia teaching hospital
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ATHMAR HAMZA KHUTTAR, HASSAN RAJI JALLAB
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Background: a lot of diabetic patients reports using “complementary and alternative medicinal” during their lifetime at least once. “Complementary” forms of treatment are those items that are used with conventional treatment together, while “alternative” forms are used instead of the usual treatment. The “National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)”, which is now with updated name “the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)”, is a subsidiary of “the National Institutes of Health (NIH), USA”, and considers these forms of treatment as that healthcare trends and practices evolved outside of the mainstream of conventional medicine.
Aim of the study: The aim of this study was to evaluate knowledge, attitude, practices (KAP) of diabetic patients towards use of Complementary and alternative medical products.
Patients and Method: In this hospital based study, in order to evaluate the prevalence rate of herb use by diabetic patients the study was designed to be a cross sectional one. At the end of study we were able to include 100 cases. The study started on April 2020 and ended at October 2020. The study was carried out at diabetes mellitus center in Al-Diwaniyah teaching hospital.
Results: The prevalence rate of herb use in patients with diabetes mellitus is shown in figure 4.3. Out of a total of 100 patients, 53 gave a history of using herbs in treating diabetes. Therefore, the prevalence rate will be relatively high (53 %). The characteristics of using herbs by diabetic patients are shown in table 4.6. Logistic regression analysis to find out the predictor of herb use by diabetic patients is shown in table 4.7 in which none of sociodemographic factors was able to predict significantly the use of herbs by patients with diabetes.
Conclusion: There prevalence rate of using complementary and alternative medicine is high among Iraqi diabetic patients
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NCCAM,NCCIH
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https://doi.org/10.31838/ijpr/2020.12.04.392
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