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ArticleJournal of pharmacy & bioallied sciences

Use of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Malaysia: A Knowledge and Practice Study among General Population toward Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Relation to Health and Quality of Life in Malaysia.

Syed Ghouse Mohiuddin, Sohail Aziz, Rizwan Ahmed, Siti Maisharah Shaikh Ghadzi, Muhammad Zahid Iqbal, Muhammad Shahid Iqbal

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Syed Ghouse MohiuddinDepartment of Clinical Pharmacy, Discipline of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Minden, Penang, Malaysia.
Sohail AzizDepartment of Clinical Pharmacy, Discipline of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Minden, Penang, Malaysia.
Rizwan AhmedDepartment of Natural Products and Alternative Medicines, College of Clinical Pharmacy, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University (IAU), Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
Siti Maisharah Shaikh GhadziDepartment of Clinical Pharmacy, Discipline of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Minden, Penang, Malaysia.
Muhammad Zahid IqbalDepartment of Clinical Pharmacy, Asian Institute of Medicine, Science and Technology University, Bedong, Malaysia.
Muhammad Shahid IqbalDepartment of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Prince Sattam Bin Abdul Aziz University, Alkharj, Saudi Arabia.

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purposeThere is a wide range of use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), which has increased drastically and affected treatments overall. The knowledge and practice of Chinese herbal medicine among the general population is considered as positive. Literature shows that the effectiveness and acceptance of alternative therapies is still debatable among the general population. MATERIALS AND

methodsStudy design was cross-sectional, in which sociodemographic data of respondents were collected through a validated questionnaire; results were analyzed by using validated data collection tool. The results were concluded on the basis of good, moderate, and poor response, which was evaluated through data analysis by the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) software, version 20.0. A

resultsRespondents were 182 (44.4%) males and 228 (55.6%) females; better knowledge was recognized among the females (

conclusionsDespite having better practice among the Malaysian population, still the knowledge needs to be disseminated among the population for the overall use of traditional Chinese medicine with safety to improve health and quality of life in Malaysia.

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Alternative therapiescomplementary and alternative medicineKnowledge Attitude and Practice (KAP)quality of lifesupportive therapiestraditional Chinese medicine

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PMCPMC8142913

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