Preferences For Traditional & Complementary Medicine Among Malaysian Hospitalised Patients In Ukm Medical Centre 2012
- Author:
Choy Hew Hei
;
Khalib Abdul Latiff
;
Mohd Rohaizat Hassan
;
Hasanain Faisal Ghazi
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Traditional & Complementary Medicine (T&CM);
Complementary & Alternative Medicine (CAM);
Preferences;
Prevalence;
Future Patient Care Services (FPCS);
UKMMC
- From:Malaysian Journal of Public Health Medicine
2015;15(3):122-131
- CountryMalaysia
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
The uprising needs of traditional & complementary medicine (T&CM) despite the availability of conventional medical (CVM) treatments has gained a serious concern to the authorities in hospital care delivery systems. It was about suffices the supply and demand for T&CM and its absence may interfere the quality of patient care. Malaysia was not exempted of this phenomenon. Moreover, its rich tropical biodiversity and multi-ethnical medical systems promoted T&CM usage. This research was aimed to determine the overall T& CM preferences, the preferred future patient care services (FPCS) and its socio-demographic and warding characteristics. Using a self-administered standardised questionnaire, instrumented by cross sectional study, a total 132 warded patients in a UKM Medical Center (UKMMC) were interviewed. T&CM preferences were the composite of seven domains. The finding revealed that the T&CM preference was 64.4%, dominated by older age (66.2%), women (68.2%), low education (66.0%), employed (66.7%), high income (67.5%) and married (66.0%). Oncology (81.3%) and orthopaedic (75.7%) ward patients were more in preference compared to other wards. When asked about the FPCS preference, about 80.3% expected integrative medicine services to be provided, whereas the remaining were still exclusively preferred modern medicine (15.2%) and alternative medicine (4.5%) respectively. As conclusion, this study has affirmed that there is a great need towards T&CM among hospitalized patients who are accessible to modern CVM.
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