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Samah Fathy Ibrahim1, Sara Almujaiwel2, Shatha Bejad Al-Harbi2
1Department of Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudia Arabia.
Objective:
To detect Saudi women's complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) practice and attitudes in superficial injuries first aids.
Methods:
A cross-sectional descriptive study included 500 women from Princess Nourah bint Abdul Rahman University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Pre-designed questionnaire was used to collect their socio-demographic characteristics, complementary and alternative medicine practice and attitude in superficial injuries first aids.
Results:
Most of the participants were young unmarried women coming from middle regions. Burn and superficial cuts represented the commonest superficial injuries. Honey and medical herbs; myrrh were the commonly used CAM. Most participants agreed that CAM is available. Half of participants believed that CAM is safe that could be used without medical consultation.
Conclusions:
There is increased interest and positive attitudes toward CAM use among Saudi women, yet they are not aware about its interactions and side effects.
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