Conference abstract
Perception of complementary and alternative medicine among nursing students in selected School of Nursing in Southwest Nigeria
Pan African Medical Journal - Conference Proceedings. 2022:12(10).16
Feb 2022.
doi: 10.11604/pamj-cp.2022.12.10.1233
Archived on: 16 Feb 2022
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Keywords: Complementary and alternative medicine, nursing students, perception
Oral presentation
Perception of complementary and alternative medicine among nursing students in selected School of Nursing in Southwest Nigeria
Oladimeji Tolulope1,&, Esther Oyeniyi2, Omiwole Moshood3
1Perioperative School of Nursing, UCH, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria, 2Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Hospital, Ipetumodu, Osun State, Nigeria, 3Health Centre, Oduduwa University, Ile Ife, Osun State, Nigeria
&Corresponding author
Introduction: globally the use of Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is increasing and ignorance about this therapy by future nurses’ risks broadening the communication gap between the public and the profession that serves them. This descriptive study was designed to assess the perception and self-use of CAM among nursing students. The study also evaluated their opinions about its integration into the nursing course curriculum.
Method: this study employed a cross-sectional design. Convenience sampling method was used to recruits 142 nursing students from two selected schools of nursing in southwest Nigeria. A self-administered questionnaire that comprised of four sections was used for data collection. The resulting data was analysed using descriptive statistics on Statistical Package for the Social Sciences.
Result: the mean age of the students was 18.5. Majority of the participants (84.51%) have heard about CAM before. The sources of information were mainly from books and research (35.21%) and school (29.58%). More than half (61.97%) of the participants make use of complementary and alternative medicine. Most of the participant (70.42%) are familiar with biologically-based CAM practice followed by whole medical system CAM therapy. The major perceived benefit of CAM according to the participants (79%) is that CAM is an effective treatment method. Almost half of the participant ((47.89%) believed that lack of professional provider/ practitioner is one of the most important perceived barriers obstructing the use of CAM. More than half of the participants pointed that they want the integration of CAM into nursing curriculum and clinical practice.
Conclusion: the findings suggest that introducing CAM in the nursing curriculum is needed to prepare future nurses as they play important roles in helping patients use CAM safely and accurately. Therefore, handling CAM on a scientific scale and including it in nursing educational programs should be among the goals and plans in Nigeria.
Perception of complementary and alternative medicine among nursing students in selected School of Nursing in Southwest Nigeria
Oladimeji Tolulope1,&, Esther Oyeniyi2, Omiwole Moshood3
1Perioperative School of Nursing, UCH, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria, 2Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Hospital, Ipetumodu, Osun State, Nigeria, 3Health Centre, Oduduwa University, Ile Ife, Osun State, Nigeria
&Corresponding author
Introduction: globally the use of Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is increasing and ignorance about this therapy by future nurses’ risks broadening the communication gap between the public and the profession that serves them. This descriptive study was designed to assess the perception and self-use of CAM among nursing students. The study also evaluated their opinions about its integration into the nursing course curriculum.
Method: this study employed a cross-sectional design. Convenience sampling method was used to recruits 142 nursing students from two selected schools of nursing in southwest Nigeria. A self-administered questionnaire that comprised of four sections was used for data collection. The resulting data was analysed using descriptive statistics on Statistical Package for the Social Sciences.
Result: the mean age of the students was 18.5. Majority of the participants (84.51%) have heard about CAM before. The sources of information were mainly from books and research (35.21%) and school (29.58%). More than half (61.97%) of the participants make use of complementary and alternative medicine. Most of the participant (70.42%) are familiar with biologically-based CAM practice followed by whole medical system CAM therapy. The major perceived benefit of CAM according to the participants (79%) is that CAM is an effective treatment method. Almost half of the participant ((47.89%) believed that lack of professional provider/ practitioner is one of the most important perceived barriers obstructing the use of CAM. More than half of the participants pointed that they want the integration of CAM into nursing curriculum and clinical practice.
Conclusion: the findings suggest that introducing CAM in the nursing curriculum is needed to prepare future nurses as they play important roles in helping patients use CAM safely and accurately. Therefore, handling CAM on a scientific scale and including it in nursing educational programs should be among the goals and plans in Nigeria.
