Ameade Evans Paul Kwame, Amalba Anthony, Helegbe Gideon Kofi, Mohammed Baba Sulemana
Department of Human Biology, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University for Development Studies, Tamale, Ghana.
J Tradit Complement Med. 2015 Apr 9;6(3):230-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcme.2015.03.004. eCollection 2016 Jul.
Interest, use of and research into Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM; bǔ chōng yǔ tì dài yī xué) is on the increase in recent times even in developed countries. It may therefore be appropriate if medical students who would become future physicians possess adequate knowledge and better attitude towards CAMS. This study assessed medical students' knowledge of, attitude towards, and usage of CAM as well as their opinion about integrating CAMs into the medical curriculum. In a cross-sectional study, 203 medical students in 2nd, 3rd and 4th year classes completed a questionnaire. Data was analyzed using SPSS 18 and GraphPad 5.01. Association between different variables was tested. The overall mean knowledge score was 19.6%. Students in higher years of study were significantly more knowledgeable in CAMs (p = 0.0006). The best known CAM was herbal medicine (63.6%), with relatives and friends being their main source of information. Students' attitude towards CAM was good (75.1%) with majority (71.5%) favouring introduction of CAM into the medical curriculum; preferably at the preclinical level (67.5%). Year of study, gender and locality where student grew up did not significantly affect attitude towards CAM use. Up to 117 (59.0%) of the students had ever used CAM especially herbal medicine. Although students in this study were deficient in knowledge on CAMs, their attitude and usage was good. Herbal medicine was the best known and used CAM. Majority of the students believed knowledge on CAM would be beneficial to their practice hence, desirous of its introduction into their medical curriculum.
近年来，即使在发达国家，对补充和替代医学（CAM；补充与替代医学）的兴趣、使用和研究也在增加。因此，如果未来将成为医生的医学生对补充和替代医学有足够的知识并持有更好的态度，可能是合适的。本研究评估了医学生对补充和替代医学的知识、态度、使用情况以及他们对将补充和替代医学纳入医学课程的看法。在一项横断面研究中，203名二、三、四年级的医学生完成了一份问卷。使用SPSS 18和GraphPad 5.01对数据进行分析。测试了不同变量之间的关联。总体平均知识得分是19.6%。高年级的学生在补充和替代医学方面的知识明显更丰富（p = 0.0006）。最广为人知的补充和替代医学是草药医学（63.6%），亲戚和朋友是他们的主要信息来源。学生对补充和替代医学的态度良好（75.1%），大多数（71.5%）赞成将补充和替代医学引入医学课程；最好在临床前阶段（67.5%）。学习年份、性别和学生成长的地区对使用补充和替代医学的态度没有显著影响。多达117名（59.0%）学生曾使用过补充和替代医学，尤其是草药医学。尽管本研究中的学生在补充和替代医学知识方面存在不足，但他们的态度和使用情况良好。草药医学是最广为人知和使用的补充和替代医学。大多数学生认为补充和替代医学知识对他们的实践有益，因此希望将其引入医学课程。
