Education of complementary and alternative medicine in adult education centers in Germany: a web-based survey.

IF 16.4 1区化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Accounts of Chemical Research Pub Date : 2024-06-01 Epub Date: 2022-08-10 DOI:10.1007/s10354-022-00951-0

Kai-Uwe Ott, Christian Keinki, Lukas Kaesmann, Jutta Huebner

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Abstract

Background: Adult education centers are an important part of health education worldwide. Our aim was to evaluate the courses offered by German adult education centers with regard to complementary medicine and nutrition.

Methods: A systematic web-based search was done for the websites of German adult education centers and courses were analyzed considering topics, scientific soundness, and qualification of instructors.

Results: Our search revealed 502 courses, 360 (71.7%) related to complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) and 176 courses on nutrition (35.1%). CAM courses most often presented methods with a focus on traditional Eastern medicine with yoga and similar mind-body practices (41.9%), traditional Chinese medicine (TCM; 13.3%), and ayurvedic medicine (11.4%). Content concerning nutrition mainly included controversial fasting methods like alkaline fasting, detox diets, and therapeutic fasting (43.8%), as well as Eastern traditional diets from TCM and ayurveda (21.7%). Most of the courses were given by non-medical practitioners (NMPs; 36.4%), while only very few physicians were engaged.

Conclusion: There are substantial doubts on the scientific background of many courses offered for lay adult health education. Besides direct misinformation, many courses reinforce alternative and non-evidence-based notions in society. Adult education centers should reconsider the topics of their courses as well as the professional qualifications of the instructors.

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德国成人教育中心的补充和替代医学教育：一项基于网络的调查。

背景：成人教育中心是全球健康教育的重要组成部分。我们的目的是评估德国成人教育中心提供的有关补充医学和营养学的课程：方法：我们对德国成人教育中心的网站进行了系统的网络搜索，并根据课程主题、科学合理性和讲师资质对课程进行了分析：搜索结果显示，共有 502 门课程，其中 360 门（71.7%）与补充和替代医学（CAM）有关，176 门（35.1%）与营养学有关。补充和替代医学课程最常介绍的方法是以传统东方医学为重点的瑜伽和类似的身心疗法（41.9%）、传统中医（13.3%）和阿育吠陀医学（11.4%）。有关营养的内容主要包括有争议的断食方法，如碱性断食、排毒饮食和治疗性断食（43.8%），以及来自中医和阿育吠陀的东方传统饮食（21.7%）。大多数课程由非医疗从业人员（NMPs；36.4%）讲授，只有极少数医生参与其中：结论：许多非专业成人健康教育课程的科学背景存在很大疑问。除了直接的错误信息外，许多课程还强化了社会上另类和无证据的观念。成人教育中心应重新考虑其课程的主题以及讲师的专业资格。

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Accounts of Chemical Research 化学-化学综合

CiteScore

31.40

自引率

1.10%

发文量

312

审稿时长

2 months

期刊介绍： Accounts of Chemical Research presents short, concise and critical articles offering easy-to-read overviews of basic research and applications in all areas of chemistry and biochemistry. These short reviews focus on research from the author’s own laboratory and are designed to teach the reader about a research project. In addition, Accounts of Chemical Research publishes commentaries that give an informed opinion on a current research problem. Special Issues online are devoted to a single topic of unusual activity and significance. Accounts of Chemical Research replaces the traditional article abstract with an article "Conspectus." These entries synopsize the research affording the reader a closer look at the content and significance of an article. Through this provision of a more detailed description of the article contents, the Conspectus enhances the article's discoverability by search engines and the exposure for the research.