沙特阿拉伯儿童对补充医学的公共使用:基于问卷的跨部分研究
Meshari Attar1,2,3, Essam I Jastania4, Rayan Mgarry5
1Internal Medicine, Al-Mandiq General Hospital, Albaha, SAU.
Cureus
|November 9, 2023
概括
补充和替代医学 (CAM) 的使用在沙特儿童中是普遍的,蜂蜜等草药是最受欢迎的. 许多家长没有通知医生,强调需要更好的沟通和监管.
科学领域:
- 儿科健康 儿科健康
- 补充和替代医学 (CAM)
- 沙特阿拉伯的公共卫生
背景情况:
- 全球范围内,补充和替代医学 (CAM) 的使用在儿科患者中越来越多.
- 关于沙特阿拉伯儿童中CAM使用模式的数据有限.
- 现有的研究主要集中在该地区的成人CAM使用上.
研究的目的:
- 调查有关沙特儿童使用CAM的知识,态度和实践.
- 评估儿科人口中使用的CAM的流行率和类型.
- 发现医生与家长之间关于CAM的沟通中存在的差距.
主要方法:
- 进行了一项横截面描述性研究.
- 通过在线问卷从沙特阿拉伯的132名参与者收集数据.
- 使用非概率连续采样和SPSS进行数据分析.
主要成果:
- 所有132名参与者都报告使用CAM (100%),其中45%没有向医生披露使用.
- 草药是最常见的CAM (91%),特别是蜂蜜, anis,Zamzam水和橄油.
- 该研究包括了平均年龄为17个月的儿童,轻微男性占主导地位 (55.3%).
结论:
- 沙特阿拉伯的儿童广泛使用CAM,特别是草药.
- 对CAM安全性和有效性进行监管和公众教育至关重要.
- 父母和医疗保健提供者之间加强沟通对于最佳的儿科护理至关重要.
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