Determine the factors influencing people’s attitude and trends towards homeopathic mode of treatment in comparison with allopathic treatment

Abstract

Objective: To determine the factors influencing people’s attitude and trends towards homeopathic mode of treatment.

Methodology: This cross sectional descriptive study was conducted in different homeopathic clinics of districts Multan, Bahawalpur and Lahore in duration of January 2017 to February 2017. Data collection was done by interviewing the patients and patients reply was translated into English and questionare was filled by the researcher himself. Collected data was entered on computer software SPSS version 23 and analyzed frequencies and percentages. Chi square test was applied to see effect modification and calculation of P value (≤ 0.05 significant).

Results: Overall 766 patients were included in this study, both genders. Gender distribution showed that there were 46.6% (n=357) males and 53.4% (n=409) females. In our study, it was observed that 86.3% (n=661) patients preferred homeopathy while 13.7% (n=105) patients preferred allopathic. It was noted that, out of 100% (n=766) patients, 31.6% (n=242) patients used homeopathic at the first time. 94.1% (n=721) patients said that homoeopathic treatment cured the disease.60.4% (n=463) patients’ entire family uses homeopathic treatment. 63.3% (n=485) patients were using any allopathic medicine simultaneously. It was found 13.7% study respondents preferred allopathic treatment and remaining 86.3% preferred homeopathic treatment.  Conclusion: Homeopathic mode treatment was preferred in Bahawalpur and its periphery.

Keywords: Attitude, Homeopathy, Allopathy.