Knowledge, attitude and practices survey on traditional systems of medicine among the university students

K. Sukanya; T. Sukeerthi; D. Sujatha; S. Kalpana

doi:10.53730/ijhs.v6nS7.13284

Authors

K. Sukanya Academic Consultant, Department of Statistics, Sri Padmavati Mahila Visvavidyalayam, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India PINCODE:517501.
T. Sukeerthi Academic Consultant, Department of Statistics, Sri Padmavati Mahila Visvavidyalayam, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India PINCODE:517501
D. Sujatha Assistant Professor, Institute of Pharmaceutical technology, Sri PadmavathiMahilaVisvavidyalayam,Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India PINCODE:517501
S. Kalpana B.Pharmacy, Institute of Pharmaceutical technology, Sri PadmavathiMahilaVisvavidyalayam,Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India PINCODE:517501

Keywords:

Traditional medicine, Kruskal-Wallis H Test, SPSS

Abstract

India is rich with many traditional systems of medicine and Ayurveda is most commonly practiced among them. There are very few studies showing the knowledge, attitude, and practices (KAP) of general population about traditional medicine and its use. Hence, the primary objective of this study was to assess Knowledge, Attitude, practices of university students with different educational background towards traditional systems of medicine. A cross sectional online survey was carried out in Sri Padmavati Mahila Visva vidyalayam, Tirupati using self-designed, structured questionnaire on 188 university students. The study sample was heterogeneous as regards to the educational qualification. The survey was conducted online using the Google forms. All the data was analyzed and given as descriptive statistics followed by statistical comparisons using the software SPSS 20.0. (Statistical package for Social Sciences) All the participants in the study were female students with an average age group of 19 -24 years. Among the respondents, 55 (29.2%) pharmacy and 14 (7.4%) non pharmacy students had good knowledge, whereas 33(17.5%) pharmacy and 15 (7.9%) non pharmacy students had good attitude score towards utilization of traditional systems of medicine. Self-medication was also noted among 103 (54.7%) students among the whole respondents, which was alarming. T

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