Utilization of complementary and alternative medicine for the prevention of COVID-19 infection in Ghana: A national cross-sectional online survey

Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use is widespread and has played critical roles in preventing infections, including previous coronaviruses. This study sought to document current practices in the use of CAM for the prevention of COVID-19 disease in Ghana. An anonymous electronic survey w...

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Autores principales:	Irene A. Kretchy, Joseph A. Boadu, James-Paul Kretchy, Kofi Agyabeng, Alfred A. Passah, Augustina Koduah, Kwabena F.M. Opuni
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Publicado:	Elsevier 2021
Materias:	CAM use Coronavirus COVID-19 Herbs Perception Side effects Medicine R
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:032e073344694a06bb210ed4939ee6022021-11-10T04:25:06ZUtilization of complementary and alternative medicine for the prevention of COVID-19 infection in Ghana: A national cross-sectional online survey2211-335510.1016/j.pmedr.2021.101633https://doaj.org/article/032e073344694a06bb210ed4939ee6022021-12-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211335521003247https://doaj.org/toc/2211-3355Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use is widespread and has played critical roles in preventing infections, including previous coronaviruses. This study sought to document current practices in the use of CAM for the prevention of COVID-19 disease in Ghana. An anonymous electronic survey was conducted from February 1, 2021 to April 30, 2021. Data on demographic characteristics, basic clinical information, illness perceptions about COVID-19, and CAM use during the pandemic period were generated. While about 82.5% (986/1195) of the participants used CAM during the COVID-19 period, 69.1% (681/986) of CAM users intented it for COVID-19 infection prevention. Vitamin supplements (88.1%, 869/986), spiritual healing/prayer (23.3%, 230/986), mineral supplements (22.3%, 220/986), botanical/herbal medicines (22.2%, 219/986), and diet therapy (19.4%, 191/986) were the main types of CAM used. From the adjusted binary logistic regression model, current age (aOR: 1.03, 95%CI: 1.01–1.05), sex (aOR: 1.41, 95%CI: 1.02–1.95), participants’ perceptions of consequences (aOR: 1.10, 95%CI: 1.04–1.17), identity (aOR: 1.15, 95%CI: 1.06–1.25) and concerns about COVID-19 (aOR: 0.91, 95%CI: 0.85–0.97) were statistically significant predictors of CAM use. These results suggest the need for appropriate public health policy on COVID-19 and CAM use in addition to directing further research initiatives toward an optimized COVID-19 prevention scheme using clinically validated CAM treatments. Research to validate the clinical efficacy of these products, especially the herbs, for COVID-19 prevention while isolating lead compounds that could be optimized and used for the treatment and prevention of COVID-19 is also recommended.Irene A. KretchyJoseph A. BoaduJames-Paul KretchyKofi AgyabengAlfred A. PassahAugustina KoduahKwabena F.M. OpuniElsevierarticleCAM useCoronavirusCOVID-19HerbsPerceptionSide effectsMedicineRENPreventive Medicine Reports, Vol 24, Iss , Pp 101633- (2021)
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topic	CAM use Coronavirus COVID-19 Herbs Perception Side effects Medicine R
spellingShingle	CAM use Coronavirus COVID-19 Herbs Perception Side effects Medicine R Irene A. Kretchy Joseph A. Boadu James-Paul Kretchy Kofi Agyabeng Alfred A. Passah Augustina Koduah Kwabena F.M. Opuni Utilization of complementary and alternative medicine for the prevention of COVID-19 infection in Ghana: A national cross-sectional online survey
description	Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use is widespread and has played critical roles in preventing infections, including previous coronaviruses. This study sought to document current practices in the use of CAM for the prevention of COVID-19 disease in Ghana. An anonymous electronic survey was conducted from February 1, 2021 to April 30, 2021. Data on demographic characteristics, basic clinical information, illness perceptions about COVID-19, and CAM use during the pandemic period were generated. While about 82.5% (986/1195) of the participants used CAM during the COVID-19 period, 69.1% (681/986) of CAM users intented it for COVID-19 infection prevention. Vitamin supplements (88.1%, 869/986), spiritual healing/prayer (23.3%, 230/986), mineral supplements (22.3%, 220/986), botanical/herbal medicines (22.2%, 219/986), and diet therapy (19.4%, 191/986) were the main types of CAM used. From the adjusted binary logistic regression model, current age (aOR: 1.03, 95%CI: 1.01–1.05), sex (aOR: 1.41, 95%CI: 1.02–1.95), participants’ perceptions of consequences (aOR: 1.10, 95%CI: 1.04–1.17), identity (aOR: 1.15, 95%CI: 1.06–1.25) and concerns about COVID-19 (aOR: 0.91, 95%CI: 0.85–0.97) were statistically significant predictors of CAM use. These results suggest the need for appropriate public health policy on COVID-19 and CAM use in addition to directing further research initiatives toward an optimized COVID-19 prevention scheme using clinically validated CAM treatments. Research to validate the clinical efficacy of these products, especially the herbs, for COVID-19 prevention while isolating lead compounds that could be optimized and used for the treatment and prevention of COVID-19 is also recommended.
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author	Irene A. Kretchy Joseph A. Boadu James-Paul Kretchy Kofi Agyabeng Alfred A. Passah Augustina Koduah Kwabena F.M. Opuni
author_facet	Irene A. Kretchy Joseph A. Boadu James-Paul Kretchy Kofi Agyabeng Alfred A. Passah Augustina Koduah Kwabena F.M. Opuni
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title	Utilization of complementary and alternative medicine for the prevention of COVID-19 infection in Ghana: A national cross-sectional online survey
title_short	Utilization of complementary and alternative medicine for the prevention of COVID-19 infection in Ghana: A national cross-sectional online survey
title_full	Utilization of complementary and alternative medicine for the prevention of COVID-19 infection in Ghana: A national cross-sectional online survey
title_fullStr	Utilization of complementary and alternative medicine for the prevention of COVID-19 infection in Ghana: A national cross-sectional online survey
title_full_unstemmed	Utilization of complementary and alternative medicine for the prevention of COVID-19 infection in Ghana: A national cross-sectional online survey
title_sort	utilization of complementary and alternative medicine for the prevention of covid-19 infection in ghana: a national cross-sectional online survey
publisher	Elsevier
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/032e073344694a06bb210ed4939ee602
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Utilization of complementary and alternative medicine for the prevention of COVID-19 infection in Ghana: A national cross-sectional online survey

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