Open AccessComplementary and alternative medicine practice and perceptions of attendees of primary care centers in Eastern Saudi Arabia
Author(s) -
Shaher D AlShehri,
Reemaz M AbdulHameed,
Atteha Z Taha,
Ahmed M AlMusalmi,
Mohammed S Almulaify,
Fatimah Lateef Alkhabbaz
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of family and community medicine/maǧalaẗ ṭib al-usraẗ wa al-muǧtamaʼ
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2229-340X
pISSN - 1319-1683
DOI - 10.4103/jfcm.jfcm_218_19
Subject(s) - medicine , family medicine , logistic regression , descriptive statistics , cross sectional study , population , health care , traditional medicine , environmental health , statistics , mathematics , pathology , economics , economic growth
Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) refers to the use of nonconventional medical practices together with standard medical care. Specific forms of CAM included in this study are the use of honey, dry and wet Hijama, Quran, Zamzam water, Nigella sativa (black seed), and others. The objective was to determine the prevalence of the use of different CAM modalities by the attendees of primary health-care centers (PHCCs) and assess the reasons behind their use.