Women's perspectives towards traditional and complementary medicine used to conceive, during pregnancy and the postpartum period

Shaukat Ali R 1 , Gnanasan S 2 , Farooqui M 3

Affiliations 

  • 1 Department of Pharmacy, Hospital Sultan Abdul Halim, Kedah, Malaysia; Department of Pharmacy Practice, Faculty of Pharmacy, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Selangor, Malaysia. Electronic address: roksanah@moh.gov.my
  • 2 Department of Pharmacy Practice, Faculty of Pharmacy, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Selangor, Malaysia
  • 3 Department of Pharmacy Practice, Unaizah College of Pharmacy, Qassim University, Saudi Arabia
Complement Ther Clin Pract, 2018 Feb;30:109-115.
PMID: 29389469 DOI: 10.1016/j.ctcp.2017.12.009

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: This study aims to explore pregnant and postpartum women's understanding of the meaning of traditional and complementary medicine (T&CM) and how that may affect their T&CM use.

METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted using self-administered questionnaires. Data collected from 374 women were analysed and represented via descriptive statistics.

RESULTS: Out of the 374 participants, 285 (76.2%) reported using at least one type of T&CM to conceive, during pregnancy or in the postpartum period. The majority of the participants identified that T&CM is all about plants or natural products without chemicals or drugs (n = 267, 71.4%, p 

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