The purpose of the study was to research the attitudes of the Bulgaria citizens to alternative medicine methods among students at the Medical university in the city of Varna and administrative personnel - working people who are under a risk of professional deseases. Methods Randomly selected Bulgarian citizens were interviewed and divided in two groups: Group A – 129 students from the medical university of Varna age 18 to 30 years old and Group B – 121 people working in the in the administrative departments age 31 to 66 years old. Results The 37,2% of the people from Group A and 52, 1% of the people in group B were aware of the essence of the methods of the alternative medicine. The 62% of the students and the 75,2% of the administrative personnel thought that alternative methods used in the countries from the East are protecting and preventing diseases. The actual personal experience in using those methods in both groups was very low –below 10% for Group A and below 25% for Group B. Conclusions Bulgarian citizens are still not informed enough for the non-conventional methods and their application which needs to be directed in informing, educating and more practical work towards the targeted groups.
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