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Prevalence and factors associated with utilization of ayurvedic drugs during COVID-19. A community-based cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: COVID-19 pandemic emerged as a major public health emergency. Ayurvedic medicines are not generally considered as conventional medicine. Hence, we aimed to assess the prevalence of utilization of Ayurveda as prophylaxis for COVID-19 during the pandemic, factors associated with utilizatio...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9763204/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36569413 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cegh.2022.101204 |
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author | Satyanarayana, Priyanka Olickal, Jeby Jose Thidil, Nidhish Edathattil |
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description | BACKGROUND: COVID-19 pandemic emerged as a major public health emergency. Ayurvedic medicines are not generally considered as conventional medicine. Hence, we aimed to assess the prevalence of utilization of Ayurveda as prophylaxis for COVID-19 during the pandemic, factors associated with utilization, and willingness to use Ayurvedic medicines in future prospects. METHODS: This cross-sectional analytical study was conducted in urban Bengaluru, India from April to May 2022. The sample size of the study was 427. Systematic random sampling was done and data were collected using a validated semi-structured questionnaire. RESULTS: The mean (SD) age of the participants was 38.9 (±14.08) years. The proportion of utilization of ayurvedic medicines was 22.5% (n = 96, 95% CI 18.6–26.7) and social class was significantly associated with non-utilization (p = 0.042). Among the utilizers, 66% of them used Ayurvedic medicines for prevention/post-COVID ailments. More than half (55%, 95% CI 49.7–59.4) of the individuals were willing to use Ayurvedic medicines in the future and level of education was associated with unwillingness (p=0.010). CONCLUSION: Nearly three-fourth of the participants were not utilized Ayurvedic medicines during COVID-19 pandemic. Strengthening ayurvedic services and improving awareness may increase the utilization in the community. An integrated health system approach at the policy level is pivotal in mainstreaming Ayurvedic medicines. |
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spelling | pubmed-97632042022-12-20 Prevalence and factors associated with utilization of ayurvedic drugs during COVID-19. A community-based cross-sectional study Satyanarayana, Priyanka Olickal, Jeby Jose Thidil, Nidhish Edathattil Clin Epidemiol Glob Health Article BACKGROUND: COVID-19 pandemic emerged as a major public health emergency. Ayurvedic medicines are not generally considered as conventional medicine. Hence, we aimed to assess the prevalence of utilization of Ayurveda as prophylaxis for COVID-19 during the pandemic, factors associated with utilization, and willingness to use Ayurvedic medicines in future prospects. METHODS: This cross-sectional analytical study was conducted in urban Bengaluru, India from April to May 2022. The sample size of the study was 427. Systematic random sampling was done and data were collected using a validated semi-structured questionnaire. RESULTS: The mean (SD) age of the participants was 38.9 (±14.08) years. The proportion of utilization of ayurvedic medicines was 22.5% (n = 96, 95% CI 18.6–26.7) and social class was significantly associated with non-utilization (p = 0.042). Among the utilizers, 66% of them used Ayurvedic medicines for prevention/post-COVID ailments. More than half (55%, 95% CI 49.7–59.4) of the individuals were willing to use Ayurvedic medicines in the future and level of education was associated with unwillingness (p=0.010). CONCLUSION: Nearly three-fourth of the participants were not utilized Ayurvedic medicines during COVID-19 pandemic. Strengthening ayurvedic services and improving awareness may increase the utilization in the community. An integrated health system approach at the policy level is pivotal in mainstreaming Ayurvedic medicines. The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of INDIACLEN. 2023 2022-12-20 /pmc/articles/PMC9763204/ /pubmed/36569413 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cegh.2022.101204 Text en © 2022 The Authors Since January 2020 Elsevier has created a COVID-19 resource centre with free information in English and Mandarin on the novel coronavirus COVID-19. The COVID-19 resource centre is hosted on Elsevier Connect, the company's public news and information website. Elsevier hereby grants permission to make all its COVID-19-related research that is available on the COVID-19 resource centre - including this research content - immediately available in PubMed Central and other publicly funded repositories, such as the WHO COVID database with rights for unrestricted research re-use and analyses in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for free by Elsevier for as long as the COVID-19 resource centre remains active. |
spellingShingle | Article Satyanarayana, Priyanka Olickal, Jeby Jose Thidil, Nidhish Edathattil Prevalence and factors associated with utilization of ayurvedic drugs during COVID-19. A community-based cross-sectional study |
title | Prevalence and factors associated with utilization of ayurvedic drugs during COVID-19. A community-based cross-sectional study |
title_full | Prevalence and factors associated with utilization of ayurvedic drugs during COVID-19. A community-based cross-sectional study |
title_fullStr | Prevalence and factors associated with utilization of ayurvedic drugs during COVID-19. A community-based cross-sectional study |
title_full_unstemmed | Prevalence and factors associated with utilization of ayurvedic drugs during COVID-19. A community-based cross-sectional study |
title_short | Prevalence and factors associated with utilization of ayurvedic drugs during COVID-19. A community-based cross-sectional study |
title_sort | prevalence and factors associated with utilization of ayurvedic drugs during covid-19. a community-based cross-sectional study |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9763204/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36569413 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cegh.2022.101204 |
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