Open AccessPreference for complementary and alternative medicine among patients on long-term treatment in Jos university teaching hospital, Nigeria
Author(s) -
Tolulope Afolaranmi,
Zuwaira I Hassan
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of medicine in the tropics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2276-7096
DOI - 10.4103/jomt.jomt_29_20
Subject(s) - medicine , preference , confidence interval , odds ratio , odds , concomitant , family medicine , pediatrics , logistic regression , statistics , mathematics
The use of complementary and alternative medicines(CAM) is on the increase globally particularly among those with chronic medical conditions. Imperatively, the treatment outcomes of management of chronic illness is hinged on adherence to prescribed conventional treatment with little or no attention paid to the intent to use or concomitant use of alternative medicines in most treatment settings. Hence, this study assessed the preference for CAM and its predictors as among patients on long-term treatment in Jos University Teaching Hospital.