CAMbrella – a Pan-European Research Network for Complementary and Alternative Medicine: From the Beginnings up to First Results

Weidenhammer, Wolfgang; Brinkhaus, Benno

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“…The findings emphasize the high demand for CAM, its heterogeneity, and the challenges in evaluating its effects due to insufficient integration and lack of validated data. Traditional Indian medicine is only mentioned in passing in one work package to provide a global perspective (76,77).…”

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Wellness or medicine? Use and perception of Ayurveda in Germany: data from an online-representative cross-sectional study

Schiele,

Jeitler,

Michalsen

et al. 2024

Front. Med.

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IntroductionAyurveda, South Asia’s largest and most relevant system of Traditional Medicine, holds a legal status akin to conventional Western medicine in India and elsewhere. There is an almost complete lack of data on the use of Ayurveda in Germany. The aim of this study was to investigate Ayurveda’s utilization patterns, entry points, and factors influencing its use and the perception of Ayurveda among the German population.MethodsBasis of this manuscript was an online-representative survey which involved 4,065 participants aged 18–75 about the use and acceptance of Traditional, Complementary and Integrative Medicine (TCIM) in Germany. The survey was conducted online using Computer Assisted Web Interview (CAWI) in 2022. The dataset was analyzed descriptively and inferentially.ResultsAltogether 9.3% (n = 377) of all survey participants (n = 4,065) had already used Ayurveda somehow, either more often (1.7%) or at least once in a lifetime (7.6%). Responders associated Ayurveda primarily with Indian Medicine (27.7%) and wellness (18%). Commonly used Ayurvedic services included non-medical treatments at wellness resorts/spas (48.3%), in outpatient practices (27.1%), and hotels (23.6%). 30.2% of the participants believe in Ayurveda’s therapeutic potential. 76.7% of Ayurveda users find healthy nutrition important or very important. Nine predictors were found to classify Ayurveda users vs. non-users with spirituality and belief in Ayurveda’s therapeutic efficacy as the most relevant ones. Ayurveda seems to be primarily used by well-educated and female individuals, often from higher-income groups and with a rather modern social milieu-orientation.ConclusionStudy results suggest that about every tenth German citizen has used Ayurveda in the past and about one third believes in its therapeutic potential. Because Ayurvedic therapies are often not evidence-based, there is an urgent need to perform high quality randomized controlled trials to investigate potential effects and safety of Ayurveda and how evidence-based Ayurveda treatments can be integrated into the German healthcare system.

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Wellness or medicine? Use and perception of Ayurveda in Germany: data from an online-representative cross-sectional study

Schiele,

Jeitler,

Michalsen

et al. 2024

Front. Med.

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“…In fact, integration cannot suddenly happen because of an administrative decision, as it is and should be conceived as 'an individual and societal process of change, which develops in the mind and behavior of patients, providers and other stakeholders in different contexts of care' [4]. From this point of view, integrative healthcare, rather than a pre-defined entity, is an objective to be pursued in an experimental way, through the setup and evaluation of models.…”

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Experimental Models of Integrative Healthcare in a Regional Health System: A Complex Innovation Path

Cardini

Guerzoni²,

Ruozi³

2014

Complement Med Res

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Ayurveda Abroad: Non-native Perspectives and Needs for Translating It to Western Settings

Kessler

2018

Translational Ayurveda

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CAMbrella – a Pan-European Research Network for Complementary and Alternative Medicine: From the Beginnings up to First Results

Cited by 5 publications

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Wellness or medicine? Use and perception of Ayurveda in Germany: data from an online-representative cross-sectional study

Wellness or medicine? Use and perception of Ayurveda in Germany: data from an online-representative cross-sectional study

Experimental Models of Integrative Healthcare in a Regional Health System: A Complex Innovation Path

Ayurveda Abroad: Non-native Perspectives and Needs for Translating It to Western Settings

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