PMID: 29087090Jan 1, 2015Paper

INTEGRATION OF COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE WITH PRIMARY HEALTH CARE IN CROATIA – OPINIONS OF PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PHYSICIANS

Acta Medica Croatica : C̆asopis Hravatske Akademije Medicinskih Znanosti
Z Radovčić, I A Nola

Abstract

Since the turn of the century, Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) has been on the fast track in Croatia, particularly in big cities. Following the examples of developed health systems in the world, it was to be expected that sooner or later CAM would be integrated within primary health care system in Croatia as well. The main aim of this survey was to reveal the actual attitude and opinion of the Croatian primary health care physicians toward CAM. Specific aims were to reveal the physicians’ need for additional education and to reveal the need for keeping CAM therapy records in patient history of illness. On-line questionnaire consisted of 10 questions with two possible answers, Yes or No. The questionnaire was sent to 388 e-addresses and 84 (21.6%) of them responded. This response rate we considered sufficient for further statistical analyses. Although most of the respondents could differentiate alternative and complementary medicine, 21.4% of them still did not know the difference between these two types of medical approach. Furthermore, 79.8% of the respondents confirmed patient interest in CAM. Almost 72% of the respondents considered they did not have sufficient knowledge for informative conversation about CAM wi...Continue Reading

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