Department of Internal and Complementary Medicine, Immanuel Hospital and Institute of Social Medicine, Epidemiology & Health Economics, Charité-University Medical Center, Research Coordination, Königstraße 63, 14109 Berlin, Germany.
eScience Center, University of Bremen, Universitätsallee, 28359 Bremen, Germany.
Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2013;2013:952432. doi: 10.1155/2013/952432. Epub 2013 Nov 28.
Ayurveda is playing a growing part in Europe. Questions regarding the role of religion and spirituality within Ayurveda are discussed widely. Yet, there is little data on the influence of religious and spiritual aspects on its European diffusion. Methods. A survey was conducted with a new questionnaire. It was analysed by calculating frequency variables and testing differences in distributions with the χ (2)-Test. Principal Component Analyses with Varimax Rotation were performed. Results. 140 questionnaires were analysed. Researchers found that individual religious and spiritual backgrounds influence attitudes and expectations towards Ayurveda. Statistical relationships were found between religious/spiritual backgrounds and decisions to offer/access Ayurveda. Accessing Ayurveda did not exclude the simultaneous use of modern medicine and CAM. From the majority's perspective Ayurveda is simultaneously a science, medicine, and a spiritual approach. Conclusion. Ayurveda seems to be able to satisfy the individual needs of therapists and patients, despite worldview differences. Ayurvedic concepts are based on anthropologic assumptions including different levels of existence in healing approaches. Thereby, Ayurveda can be seen in accordance with the prerequisites for a Whole Medical System. As a result of this, intimate and individual therapist-patient relationships can emerge. Larger surveys involving bigger participant numbers with fully validated questionnaires are warranted to support these results.
阿育吠陀在欧洲的作用日益凸显。人们广泛探讨了宗教和精神信仰在阿育吠陀中的作用。然而，关于宗教和精神信仰对其在欧洲传播的影响的数据却很少。
采用新的调查问卷进行了一项调查。通过计算频率变量并使用卡方检验（χ (2)-Test）检验分布差异来进行分析。采用主成分分析和方差极大旋转进行分析。
共分析了 140 份问卷。研究人员发现，个体的宗教和精神背景会影响对阿育吠陀的态度和期望。宗教/精神背景与提供/接受阿育吠陀的决策之间存在统计学关系。接受阿育吠陀并不排除同时使用现代医学和补充替代医学。从大多数人的角度来看，阿育吠陀同时是一种科学、医学和精神方法。
尽管存在世界观差异，但阿育吠陀似乎能够满足治疗师和患者的个体需求。阿育吠陀的概念基于包括治疗方法中不同存在层次的人类学假设。因此，阿育吠陀可以被视为全医学体系的前提。由此，可以出现亲密的、个体化的治疗师-患者关系。需要进行更大规模的调查，涉及更多参与者和完全有效的问卷，以支持这些结果。
