Prevalence and pattern of traditional medical therapy utilisation in Kumasi metropolis and Sekyere south district, Ghana

Gyasi, Razak M.; Siaw, Lawrencia Pokuah; Mensah, Charlotte Monica

doi:10.1016/j.jep.2014.12.004

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“…In line with other previous studies,1, 18 this study reports students' family members, the mass media (both print and electronic) and the health care professionals as the significant knowledge sources and awareness proxies for TRM. Gyasi et al.…”

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confidence: 88%

“…This fact has been observed previously 30 . Inconsistent with Gyasi et al 1 . it is rather intriguing that health care specialists such as doctors, nurses and pharmacist are now becoming keen advocates for, and therefore constituting major agents for TRM knowledge despite the perpetual rivalry and mistrust between the traditional medical healers and health professionals in the arena of health care practice.…”

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confidence: 96%

“…The pharmacy shops within and around campus are mostly the first port of call for first aid in the form of herbal drugs. Previous studies have reported that community pharmacy is widely acknowledged as a common place in which the general population gets medicine and seeks health advice 1 . Beliefs in the distant or energy healing have grown overtime among students.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Gyasi et al. in a study of prevalence and pattern of traditional medical therapies utilisation in Kumasi metropolis and Sekyere south district in Ghana resonate that traditional knowledge regarding herbal and other forms of indigenous medicine has been transferred orally through inheritance and training from older community members for well over many centuries 1 . Nworu et al.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…These modalities have been employed in the diagnoses, prevention and treatment of a wide range of illness dating into antiquity 1, 2, 3. Traditional medicine (TRM; 補充與替代醫學 bǔ chōng yǔ tì dài yī xué) practice involves a multifaceted combination of activities, order of knowledge, beliefs and customs to generate the desired effects for the diagnosis, prevention or elimination of imbalances in physical, emotional or psychological and social wellbeing of individuals and societies 1, 4. Prescriptively, TRM involves a whole array of products, practices and approaches to health and ill-health, serving as the opium of the people.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Research on unconventional medical practices among students has proliferated lately in the global space, hitherto, little is known explicitly in Ghana. This paper teases out insights for recent utilisation patterns of traditional medical therapies at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Ghana. A sample of 754, randomly selected undergraduates were involved in a retrospective cross-sectional survey. Data were analysed using multivariate logistic regression and Pearson's χ2 test with p < 0.05 as significant. Overall prevalence of traditional therapies consumption was 89.1% in the last 12 months. Herbal-based products (67%), prayer healing (15%) and body-mind therapies (11%) were principally used and, accessed through purchases from pharmacy shops (29%) and encounter with faith healers (26%). Although students' knowledge on traditional therapies was acquired through family members (50%) and media (23%), literary materials remained significant information routes for Science related students compared to the Non-science related counterparts (p < 0.001). Pursuing Non-science-related programme [odds ratio (OR) 6.154 (95% confidence interval (CI) 3.745–10.111; p < 0.001)] and having Christian faith [OR 2.450 (95% CI 1.359–4.415; p = 0.003)] were strongly associated with students' traditional therapies use. Although students exhibited positive attitude towards unconventional therapies, there is an urgent need to validate the quality of traditional therapies through randomised clinical trials and regulatory practices to ensure quality control. Health forces should intensify efforts towards intercultural health care system in Ghana.

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Prevalence and pattern of traditional medical therapy utilisation in Kumasi metropolis and Sekyere south district, Ghana

Cited by 37 publications

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Unconventional medical practices among Ghanaian students: A university-based survey

Unconventional medical practices among Ghanaian students: A university-based survey

A phenomenological study of the beliefs of family caregivers of children living with HIV/AIDS on adherence to antiretroviral therapy

Nurses' knowledge, clinical practice and attitude towards unconventional medicine: Implications for intercultural healthcare

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