Determining the Attitudes and Use of Complementary, Alternative, and Integrative Medicine Among Undergraduates
| العنوان: | Determining the Attitudes and Use of Complementary, Alternative, and Integrative Medicine Among Undergraduates |
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| المؤلفون: | Wadie Najm, Michael Broukhim, Ngoc-Tram Huynh, Douglas H. Cheung, Michael A. Liu, Tonya L. Schuster |
| المصدر: | The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 20:718-726 |
| بيانات النشر: | Mary Ann Liebert Inc, 2014. |
| سنة النشر: | 2014 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Adult, Complementary Therapies, Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Adolescent, Universities, Cross-sectional study, media_common.quotation_subject, Alternative medicine, Ethnic group, MEDLINE, California, Young Adult, Sex Factors, Promotion (rank), Asian People, Ethnicity, Odds Ratio, medicine, Humans, Students, Health Education, Curriculum, media_common, Integrative Medicine, Medical education, business.industry, Original Articles, Patient Acceptance of Health Care, Cross-Sectional Studies, Complementary and alternative medicine, Female, Health education, Integrative medicine, business, Attitude to Health |
| الوصف: | To (1) determine the attitudes, perceptions, and use of complementary, alternative, and integrative medicine among undergraduate students; (2) assess whether these students would benefit from more academic exposure to complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) and promotion of integrative medicine (IM); and (3) gauge the need and desire of undergraduates, particularly pre-health learners, to take courses about CAM/IM.This cross-sectional electronic survey study was conducted on the campus of the University of California (UC) Irvine. Selection criteria included being at least 18 years of age and a current undergraduate at UC Irvine. All survey responses were collected between November 20, 2010, and June 1, 2011. The data were analyzed by using Stata software, version 11-SE (Stata Corp., College Station, TX).Completed surveys were received from 2839 participants (mean age of respondents, 20.2 years). Thirty-five percent had used CAM within the past 12 months, and 92.8% believed CAM to be at least somewhat effective; however, only 31% had prior education on CAM. After adjustment for variables, familiarity and belief in effectiveness were both highly linked to the use of CAM, with ascending odds ratios (ORs; 95% confidence interval [CI]) of 3.9 (3.1-4.9), 8.1 (5.7-11.5), 13.4 (6.0-30.2), 2.1 (1.3-3.4), 4.9 (3.0-7.8), and 12.7 (6.9-23.4) among increasing categories (all p0.01). Sex (OR, 1.26 [95% CI, 1.01-1.56]; p0.05), Asian ethnicity (1.46 [1.14-1.88]; p0.01), and prior education (1.26 [1.01-1.57]; p0.05) were also significantly correlated to the use of CAM after adjustment. Most respondents indicated that they were likely to take a CAM college course if it fulfilled a graduation requirement (63.6%) or was offered within their major (56.4%).Overall, this large-scale study supports the ideas that education plays a pivotal factor in the decision to use CAM and that there is a large demand for additional CAM knowledge among college students. |
| تدمد: | 1557-7708 1075-5535 |
| URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::890a6211d2ec55e159e927099e435544 https://doi.org/10.1089/acm.2014.0041 |
| حقوق: | OPEN |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsair.doi.dedup.....890a6211d2ec55e159e927099e435544 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 15577708 10755535 |
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