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Utilization Patterns of the Community in Seeking Siddha System of Medicine in Chennai Metropolitan Area


 
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1. Title Title of document Utilization Patterns of the Community in Seeking Siddha System of Medicine in Chennai Metropolitan Area
 
2. Creator Author's name, affiliation, country Suganya N.; Clinical Epidemiologist, Sundaram Medical Foundation, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India
 
2. Creator Author's name, affiliation, country Manjula Datta; Senior Consultant Epidemiologist, Madras Diabetes Research Foundation, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India
 
2. Creator Author's name, affiliation, country (doi: 10.23953/cloud.ijaayush.382
 
3. Subject Discipline(s) Epidemiology,Siddha
 
3. Subject Keyword(s) Awareness; Family physician; Graduate medical practitioner; Siddha medicine
 
3. Subject Subject classification Siddha; Epidemiology;Coomunity survey
 
4. Description Abstract

Very little information is available on the awareness, utilization and health seeking behavior of Community about Siddha system of medicine in Chennai. The purpose of this survey is to collect information about knowledge, awareness of the Siddha system and to know the perception and satisfaction levels of Siddha medicine. This is a cross-sectional survey done among the 384 residents which covered 10 areas in five directions of Chennai. One person from each household was interviewed using a pre-tested interview schedule. Among the 384, respondents, 52% (197) described Siddha medicine as Herbal medicine. The source of knowledge about Siddha medicine is through friends and relatives (49%). 58% have taken siddha medicine for some illnesses. 73% of respondents said that they would prefer to go to Graduate Siddha medical practitioner. The reasons for discontinuation of treatment as cited by the respondents were distance of the siddha care facility (36%), treatment ineffective (25%). Siddha medicine is widely sought by the residents of Chennai metropolis. The awareness about siddha medicine is very less. This indicates that there is an unmet need for Siddha system in Tamilnadu which underlines awareness to be increased and the policy makers have to streamline the health care delivery systems.
 
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6. Contributor Sponsor(s) Nil
 
7. Date (YYYY-MM-DD) 2018-09-12
 
8. Type Status & genre Peer-reviewed Article
 
8. Type Type Cross sectional survey
 
9. Format File format PDF
 
10. Identifier Uniform Resource Identifier http://medical.cloud-journals.com/index.php/IJAAYUSH/article/view/452
11. Source Journal/conference title; vol., no. (year) International Journal of Advanced Ayurveda, Yoga, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy; Vol 7, No 1 (2018)
 
12. Language English=en en
 
14. Coverage Geo-spatial location, chronological period, research sample (gender, age, etc.) Chennai Metropolitan areas,
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Door to door survey-Residents of Chennai metropolitan areas
 
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