Traditional healers in riyadh region: Reasons and health problems for seeking their advice. A household survey

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 199-204

  Al Rowais, Norah ^a   Al Faris, Eiad ^a   Mohammad, Ashry Gad ^a   Al Rukban, Mohammad ^a   Abdulghani, Hamza Mohammad ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CAUTERIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIVORCE; DRUG COST; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; FLATULENCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE COST; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; INDIAN; INFLUENZA; KNOWLEDGE; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SAUDI ARABIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; SPIRITUAL HEALING; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; SUDAN; THERAPY EFFECT; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TREATMENT FAILURE; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WIDOW; YEMEN;

ADULT; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DATA COLLECTION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FLATULENCE; HEADACHE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; ODDS RATIO; PAIN; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAUDI ARABIA; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 77649170668     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2009.0283     Document Type: Article

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