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ABSTRACT: AIM: To assess the knowledge and Awareness about Complementary & alternative medicine among dental patients . OBJECTIVE: To evaluate and determine the Awareness about Complementary & alternative medicine among dental patients . MATERIALS AND METHODS: A questionnaire based survey among dental patients from Saveetha Dental College between 18-70 years are selected for the study. Sample size of approximately 200 individuals who are being tested with a questionnaire containing 12 questions. RESULTS: 61% of participants were aware of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) while 39% were not aware of it. Out of these only 43% of population had knowledge about most of the modalities in CAM while others had knowledge about three or four modalities. The most common source of knowledge was found to be through friends and family (37%) and through internet (48%). Participants were well aware of modalities such as Homeopathy (75%), Ayurveda medicine (88%), meditation (82%), yoga (80%) and herbal medicine (87%).
Keywords:
CAM, homeopathy, alternative medicine, therapy, ayurveda
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"SURVEY ON KNOWLEDGE AND AWARENESS ABOUT COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE AMONG DENTAL PATIENTS.", International Journal of Science & Engineering Development Research (www.ijrti.org), ISSN:2455-2631, Vol.5, Issue 2, page no.6 - 10, February-2020, Available :http://www.ijrti.org/papers/IJRTI2002002.pdf
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2456-3315 | IMPACT FACTOR: 8.14 Calculated By Google Scholar| ESTD YEAR: 2016
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