Women's perspectives towards traditional and complementary medicine used to conceive, during pregnancy and the postpartum period
Objectives This study aims to explore pregnant and postpartum women's understanding of the meaning of traditional and complementary medicine (T&CM) and how that may affect their T&CM use. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted using self-administered questionnaires. Data collecte...
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2-s2.0-85039746393 Shaukat Ali R.; Gnanasan S.; Farooqui M. Women's perspectives towards traditional and complementary medicine used to conceive, during pregnancy and the postpartum period 2018 Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice 30 10.1016/j.ctcp.2017.12.009 https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85039746393&doi=10.1016%2fj.ctcp.2017.12.009&partnerID=40&md5=9493e8ddfed057cd2fc149ba8e40024a Objectives This study aims to explore pregnant and postpartum women's understanding of the meaning of traditional and complementary medicine (T&CM) and how that may affect their T&CM use. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted using self-administered questionnaires. Data collected from 374 women were analysed and represented via descriptive statistics. Results Out of the 374 participants, 285 (76.2%) reported using at least one type of T&CM to conceive, during pregnancy or in the postpartum period. The majority of the participants identified that T&CM is all about plants or natural products without chemicals or drugs (n = 267, 71.4%, p <.001). The category of T&CM with the highest usage was biological based therapies (n = 272, 95.4%), while the lowest was energy therapies (n = 8, 2.8%). The most commonly used T&CM was the traditional Malay massage (n = 170, 59.6%). The main sources of information and recommendations for using T&CM came from their family members or friends (n = 199, 69.8%). Almost half of the participants incurred minimum expenditures of MYR100 and below on the T&CM used (n = 137, 48.1%) and there was no significant difference between pregnant and postpartum women (p =.056). Conclusion This study reveals that many women are practising T&CM when trying to conceive and during pregnancy and the postpartum period even though they are aware that there is insufficient evidence on its safety and efficacy. Therefore, further studies are needed in order to gain sufficient clinical evidence that could be used to structure better guidelines for T&CM practices and services in Malaysia. © 2017 Elsevier Ltd Churchill Livingstone 17443881 English Article |
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Women's perspectives towards traditional and complementary medicine used to conceive, during pregnancy and the postpartum period |
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Women's perspectives towards traditional and complementary medicine used to conceive, during pregnancy and the postpartum period |
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Women's perspectives towards traditional and complementary medicine used to conceive, during pregnancy and the postpartum period |
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Objectives This study aims to explore pregnant and postpartum women's understanding of the meaning of traditional and complementary medicine (T&CM) and how that may affect their T&CM use. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted using self-administered questionnaires. Data collected from 374 women were analysed and represented via descriptive statistics. Results Out of the 374 participants, 285 (76.2%) reported using at least one type of T&CM to conceive, during pregnancy or in the postpartum period. The majority of the participants identified that T&CM is all about plants or natural products without chemicals or drugs (n = 267, 71.4%, p <.001). The category of T&CM with the highest usage was biological based therapies (n = 272, 95.4%), while the lowest was energy therapies (n = 8, 2.8%). The most commonly used T&CM was the traditional Malay massage (n = 170, 59.6%). The main sources of information and recommendations for using T&CM came from their family members or friends (n = 199, 69.8%). Almost half of the participants incurred minimum expenditures of MYR100 and below on the T&CM used (n = 137, 48.1%) and there was no significant difference between pregnant and postpartum women (p =.056). Conclusion This study reveals that many women are practising T&CM when trying to conceive and during pregnancy and the postpartum period even though they are aware that there is insufficient evidence on its safety and efficacy. Therefore, further studies are needed in order to gain sufficient clinical evidence that could be used to structure better guidelines for T&CM practices and services in Malaysia. © 2017 Elsevier Ltd |
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