Department of Educational, School and Counseling Psychology, College of Education and Human Development, Missouri Prevention Science Institute, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA.
Institute of General Practice and Public Health, Claudiana - College of Health Professions, Bolzano, Italy.
BMC Complement Med Ther. 2022 Nov 11;22(1):292. doi: 10.1186/s12906-022-03781-0.
Belief in complementary and alternative medicine practices is related to reduced preparedness for vaccination. This study aimed to assess home remedy awareness and use in South Tyrol, where vaccination rates in the coronavirus pandemic were lowest in Italy and differed between German- and Italian-speaking inhabitants.
A population-based survey was conducted in 2014 and analyzed using descriptive statistics, multiple logistic regression, and latent class analysis.
Of the representative sample of 504 survey respondents, 357 (70.8%) participants (43.0% male; primary language German, 76.5%) reported to use home remedies. Most commonly reported home remedies were teas (48.2%), plants (21.0%), and compresses (19.5%). Participants from rural regions were less likely (odds ratio 0.35, 95% confidence interval 0.19-0.67), while female (2.62, 1.69-4.10) and German-speaking participants (5.52, 2.91-9.88) were more likely to use home remedies. Latent classes of home remedies were "alcoholic home remedies" (21.4%) and "non-alcohol-containing home remedies" (78.6%). Compared to the "non-alcohol-containing home remedies" class, members of the "alcoholic home remedies" class were more likely to live in an urban region, to be male and German speakers.
In addition to residence and sex, language group membership associates with awareness and use of home remedies. Home remedies likely contribute to socio-cultural differences between the language groups in the Italian Alps. If the observed associations explain the lower vaccination rates in South Tyrol among German speakers requires further study.
对补充和替代医学实践的信念与疫苗接种准备不足有关。本研究旨在评估南蒂罗尔的家庭疗法意识和使用情况，因为在冠状病毒大流行期间，意大利的南蒂罗尔的疫苗接种率最低，且德语和意大利语使用者之间存在差异。
2014 年进行了一项基于人群的调查，并使用描述性统计、多逻辑回归和潜在类别分析进行了分析。
在具有代表性的 504 名调查参与者中，357 名（70.8%）参与者（43.0%为男性；主要语言为德语，占 76.5%）报告使用了家庭疗法。最常报告的家庭疗法是茶（48.2%）、植物（21.0%）和敷布（19.5%）。来自农村地区的参与者不太可能使用（比值比 0.35，95%置信区间 0.19-0.67），而女性（2.62，1.69-4.10）和德语使用者（5.52，2.91-9.88）更有可能使用家庭疗法。家庭疗法的潜在类别是“含酒精的家庭疗法”（21.4%）和“不含酒精的家庭疗法”（78.6%）。与“不含酒精的家庭疗法”类别相比，“含酒精的家庭疗法”类别的成员更有可能居住在城市地区，且为男性和德语使用者。
除了居住地和性别，语言群体也与家庭疗法的意识和使用有关。家庭疗法可能是导致意大利阿尔卑斯山不同语言群体之间存在社会文化差异的原因之一。如果观察到的关联可以解释南蒂罗尔德语使用者的疫苗接种率较低，那么这需要进一步研究。
