Teow Yee Ern Esther, Ng Siew Ching, Azmi Aisyah Hannan Mohd, Hamzah Muhammad Rafie, Kaur Jaslinder, Mathiarasu Dhivya Sree, Mogan Dhivakaran, Ong Shu Chyi, Subramaniam Yuvashini P, Sweneson Thatchiayani, Tan Jia Yi Monique, Tee Leh Way, Mathialagan Amuthan Ganesh, Tee Hui Yew Olivia, Thomas Warren
Perdana University - Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland School of Medicine, Perdana University, Floor 9 Wisma Chase Perdana, Jalan Semantan, Bukit Damansara, 50490, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
School of Medicine, International Medical University, Bukit Jalil, 57000, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
J Community Health. 2021 Jun;46(3):515-521. doi: 10.1007/s10900-020-00891-z.
Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) therapies have been an integral part of Malaysia culture for many centuries. In recent years influences from other parts of the world have gained a foot-hold in Malaysian popular culture. We investigated the engagement with CAM in a non-urban, Malaysian population. We investigated the association of CAM use with cultural influence, perceived health status, gender and age. We recruited 700 adult participants to this study across three sites in central Malaysia. We found massage, Vitamin supplements, Herbal medicine and traditional Chinese medicine to be the most popular CAM modalities with participation at 67.7%, 55.7%, 55.5% and 26.3% respectively. CAM use was equally high at 67% among those people who claimed a predominantly Malay or Chinese cultural influence. The use of vitamins and participation in yoga were at higher prevalence among female participants compared to males. There was no gender difference for other CAM modalities. There were differences between age groups for most CAM modalities, and those over 50 years tended to be the highest frequency users for most modalities. There is a high rate of CAM use in non-urban Malaysia with younger people being more engaged with less traditional modalities such as aromatherapy, yoga and music therapy.
几个世纪以来，补充和替代医学（CAM）疗法一直是马来西亚文化不可分割的一部分。近年来，来自世界其他地区的影响在马来西亚流行文化中站稳了脚跟。我们调查了马来西亚非城市人口对补充和替代医学的参与情况。我们研究了补充和替代医学的使用与文化影响、感知健康状况、性别和年龄之间的关联。我们在马来西亚中部的三个地点招募了700名成年参与者参与这项研究。我们发现按摩、维生素补充剂、草药和传统中药是最受欢迎的补充和替代医学方式，参与率分别为67.7%、55.7%、55.5%和26.3%。在那些声称主要受马来或中国文化影响的人群中，补充和替代医学的使用率同样高达67%。与男性相比，女性参与者中维生素的使用和瑜伽的参与率更高。其他补充和替代医学方式在性别上没有差异。大多数补充和替代医学方式在年龄组之间存在差异，50岁以上的人往往是大多数方式的最高频率使用者。马来西亚非城市地区补充和替代医学的使用率很高，年轻人更多地参与芳香疗法、瑜伽和音乐疗法等不太传统的方式。
