Complementary and alternative medicine use by diabetes patients in Kerala, India

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dc.contributor.authorThankappan, KR
dc.contributor.authorVishnu, N
dc.contributor.authorMini, GK
dc.date.accessioned2017-06-27T05:04:43Z
dc.date.available2017-06-27T05:04:43Z
dc.date.issued2017-05
dc.description.abstractThe study assessed: (1) the prevalence of exclusive use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), exclusive use of modern medicine and combined use; (2) the factors associated with exclusive CAM use; and (3) the expenditure for CAM use among type-2 diabetes patients in rural Kerala. We surveyed 400 diabetes patients selected by multi-stage cluster sampling. Exclusive CAM use was reported by 9%, exclusive modern medicine by 61% and combined use by 30%. Patients without any co-morbidity were four times, those having regular income were three times and those who reported regular exercise were three times more likely to use exclusive CAM compared with their counterparts. Expense for medicines was not significantly different for CAM compared with modern medicine both in government and private sector. Patients with any co-morbidity were less likely to use CAM indicating that CAM use was limited to milder cases of diabetes.en_US
dc.identifier.citationThankappan KR, Vishnu N, Mini GK . Complementary and alternative medicine use by diabetes patients in Kerala, India. Global health, epidemiology and genomics. 2017.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1017/gheg.2017.6
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.sctimst.ac.in/handle/123456789/10712
dc.publisherGlobal health, epidemiology and genomicsen_US
dc.subjectAlternative medicine, diabetes patients, India, Kerala.en_US
dc.titleComplementary and alternative medicine use by diabetes patients in Kerala, Indiaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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