Department of Child Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman.
Ministry of Health, Muscat, Oman.
Int J Health Policy Manag. 2015 Jan 2;4(2):65-8. doi: 10.15171/ijhpm.2015.11. eCollection 2015 Feb.
This study aimed to evaluate the attitude of pediatricians toward the use of complementary and Traditional Medicine (TM) on children in Muscat, Oman. A cross-sectional survey was performed using a self-completed questionnaire during the year 2012. A total of 67 pediatricians, comprising of 30 males (44.8%) and 37 females (55.2%) participated in the study. The majority of the studied group (83.5%) was of the opinion that most types of complementary and TM are not safe for children, except spiritual healing, to which 53.7% considered as safe. About one third (29.9%) of the participants reported that they might recommend complementary and TM for sick children in the future. Almost half the participants (52.2%) acknowledged personal use of complementary and TM in the past and 67.2% reported that their family members used these medicines. Herbal therapy was found to be the most commonly used method (38.9%) followed by spiritual (33.9%), cautery (20.2%) and Curucoma (15.7%). Other methods, which include; acupuncture, bone healing and Chinese healing were also found to be in use but in rare manner. Knowledge level of TM and complementary medicine of most of the doctors was found to be low but one third of them acknowledged that they may recommend these treatments to their patients in future. Therefore, training pediatricians on the types, benefits and side effects of complementary and TM is recommended.
本研究旨在评估阿曼马斯喀特的儿科医生对儿童使用补充和传统医学(TM)的态度。2012 年,采用横断面调查方法,使用自填式问卷进行研究。共有 67 名儿科医生参与了这项研究,其中 30 名男性(44.8%),37 名女性(55.2%)。研究组的大多数人(83.5%)认为大多数类型的补充和 TM 对儿童不安全,除了精神治疗,53.7%的人认为精神治疗是安全的。约三分之一(29.9%)的参与者表示他们将来可能会为生病的儿童推荐补充和 TM。几乎一半的参与者(52.2%)承认过去曾使用过补充和 TM,67.2%的人报告说他们的家人使用过这些药物。草药疗法是最常用的方法(38.9%),其次是精神疗法(33.9%)、烧灼疗法(20.2%)和库鲁卡玛(15.7%)。其他方法,包括针灸、骨疗和中医,也被发现有使用,但很少。大多数医生对 TM 和补充医学的了解程度较低,但三分之一的医生承认他们将来可能会向患者推荐这些治疗方法。因此,建议对儿科医生进行补充和 TM 的类型、益处和副作用方面的培训。