{"id":1407,"date":"2011-09-06T04:35:04","date_gmt":"2011-09-06T04:35:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.homeobook.com\/?p=1407"},"modified":"2021-08-10T07:04:16","modified_gmt":"2021-08-10T07:04:16","slug":"alternative-medicine-use-among-military-in-riyadh-ksa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homeobook.com\/alternative-medicine-use-among-military-in-riyadh-ksa\/","title":{"rendered":"Alternative medicine use among military in Riyadh- KSA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/evb9ktagfkv.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/millitary.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&w=2560\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18306\" src=\"https:\/\/evb9ktagfkv.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/millitary-300x192.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1\" alt=\"millitary\" width=\"300\" height=\"192\" srcset=\"https:\/\/evb9ktagfkv.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/millitary-300x192.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/evb9ktagfkv.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/millitary.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;ssl=1 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The pattern of alternative medicine use among patients attending health centers in military community in Riyadh.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Eiad A. Al-Faris,MRCGP, Department of Family and Community Medicine, College of Medicine, KingSaud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Background<\/strong>: Alternative Medicine (AM) is gaining popularity worldwide.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Objectives:<\/strong> This study was conducted to determine the prevalence and pattern of AM use in a military sector of the Saudi community.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Correspondence to<\/strong>: Dr. Eiad A. Al-Faris, Associate Professor and Consultant, Family Medicine, Department of Family &amp; Community Medicine (34), College of Medicine, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2925, Riyadh 11461<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Methods<\/strong>: Three hundred and ten adult patients, visiting their family physicians over 6 weeks from the 1st of June 1998, were selected by systematic random sampling. They were asked to report worrying health problems and their use of modern medicine (MM) and AM.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Results:<\/strong> Forty-six percent of the patients had used AM before and about 19% had used it in the past 12 months. Alternative medicine practitioners were visited by 16.5% of the study population. Herbal medicine users represented 8.7% of the study population, honey (4.5%), the black grain Nigella sative (3%) and cautery was used by one person only.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Women, housewives and the illiterate were more likely to use AM. About 86% of all the study population preferred MM. The main source of information about AM was relatives (77%). A large proportion of patients who reported depression used AM (53%) or visited AM practitioners (33%). The average cost per visit to an AM pratitioner (166 Saudi Riyals) was higher than that in the USA ($27.60=100 Saudi Riyals).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Conclusion<\/strong>: There is a need to educate the public through the media and health professionals on the appropriate use of AM; housewives and the illiterate should be targeted. A community-based household survey using interviewers not associated with the health system such as teachers (to avoid bias) is needed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Download the study<\/strong> : <a href=\"http:\/\/www.homeobook.com\/pdf\/alternative-medicne-riyadh-military.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.similima.com\/pdf\/alternative-medicne-riyadh-military.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>The pattern of alternative medicine use among patients attending health centers in military community in Riyadh. Eiad A. 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