Utilization and Awareness of Unani Medicine among Adults in Delhi, India: A Survey-Based Study

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Current Traditional Medicine Pub Date : 2023-11-06 DOI:10.2174/0122150838252861231019101920

Asim Ali Khan, Rajiv Janardhanan, Jugal Kishore, Shazina Saeed, B.C Das, Shagufta Parveen, Prashant Kesharwani, Ritu Karwasra, Amirhossein Sahebkar, W. Selvamurthy

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Objectives:: The objective of this study is to assess the level of knowledge, practice, and usage of Unani medicine among 250 participants in different areas of New Delhi, India. Materials and Methods:: A cross-sectional, observational descriptive survey with a sample size of 250 people was carried out in New Delhi utilizing a pretested, predesigned, and structured questionnaire to evaluate the awareness and usage patterns of Unani medicine. The study was conducted at three different spots in different regions of New Delhi. Results:: With a mean age of 40.056 ± 10.77 years and a range of 18 to 65 years, the 250 participants were divided into 66% men and 34% women. 60% of the population who had been adopted had knowledge of Unani medicine, and 54.6% of them relied on Unani medicine as a treatment regime. 40% of users reported Unani medicine due to lack of no or minimal side effects. Contrary to this, among non-user (n = 68), 51.4% populace considers Unani medicine as the slow onset of action medication. Although a small percentage of users (6.1%) chose to use Unani completely, most preferred it as an adjunct to allopathic care. Conclusion:: Findings in the survey-based study depict that the awareness of Unani medicines is better than the utilization pattern. There is an urge and opportunity to advance health education and change people's perceptions of the Unani medical system.

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印度德里成年人对Unani药物的使用和认识:一项基于调查的研究

目的:本研究的目的是评估印度新德里不同地区250名参与者对乌纳尼医学的知识、实践和使用水平。材料和方法:在新德里进行了一项横断面、观察性描述性调查，样本量为250人，利用预先测试、预先设计和结构化的问卷来评估对乌纳尼药物的认识和使用模式。这项研究在新德里不同地区的三个不同地点进行。结果:250名参与者平均年龄40.056±10.77岁，年龄范围18 ~ 65岁，男性66%，女性34%。被收养的人口中有60%了解乌纳尼医学，其中54.6%依赖乌纳尼医学作为一种治疗方案。40%的使用者报告了Unani药物，因为没有副作用或副作用很小。与此相反，在非使用者(n = 68)中，51.4%的民众认为Unani药物是起效慢的药物。虽然一小部分用户(6.1%)选择完全使用Unani，但大多数人更喜欢将其作为对抗疗法治疗的辅助手段。结论:基于调查的研究结果表明，乌拉尼药物的认知度优于使用模式。我们迫切需要并有机会推进健康教育，改变人们对乌干达医疗系统的看法。

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Current Traditional Medicine INTEGRATIVE & COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE-

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期刊介绍： Current Traditional Medicine covers all the aspects of the modernization and standardization research on traditional medicine of the world, e.g. chemistry, pharmacology, molecular mechanism, systems biology, proteomics, genomics, metabolomics, safety, quality control, clinical studies of traditional Chinese, Ayurvedic, Unani, Arabic and other ethnomedicine. Each issue contains updated comprehensive in-depth/mini reviews along with high quality original experimental research articles. Current Traditional Medicine is a leading and important international peer-reviewed journal reflecting the current outstanding scientific research progresses of the global traditional, indigenous, folk and ethnologic medicine. It provides a bridge connected the tradition medicine system to the modern life science with the efforts of top scientists, as well as a resource to pursuit the solutions for the existing common issues in the traditional medicine.