Complementary Therapies Used in Thai Muslim Patients with Heart Failure
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Objective: The purpose of this mixed methods study was to explore experience of complementary therapies used in Thai Muslim patients with heart failure who received services at the heart failure clinic, a hospital in southern Thailand. Methods: The sample were 121 cases selected by the purposive sampling method, had NYHA functional class I-III and experience of using complementary therapies at least 1 type for more than 3 months. Data were collected using the questionnaires 1) sociodemographic data 2) health information 3) use of the complementary therapies, and 4) open-ended questionnaire including purpose, effects and related factors of using complementary therapies. The tools were validated by three experts, the content validity indices (CVI)of part 2-4 questionnaires were 1, .93 and 1. The test - retest reliability of part 2 and part 3 questionnaires were .80 and .89 respectively. Data were analyzed by descriptive statistics and qualitative data were analyzed by content analysis method. Results: The results showed that Thai Muslim patients with heart failure used various types of complementary therapies; the most common used were biological-based therapies (56.20%), followed by mind-body interventions (33.90%), and manipulative and body - based methods (6.60%). Purposes of using complementary therapies were relieve physical symptoms, treat an illness, and promote health. Effects of using complementary therapies were reduced symptoms, peaceful mind and improved health. The factors of complementary therapies used were 1) belief 2) people close to them 3) health care needs and 4) social media. Conclusion: The results of this study provided a whole understanding about complementary therapies used in Thai Muslim patients with heart failure, which could be used as foundation knowledge for patient assessment, and can be extended to study the effectiveness of complementary therapies, congruence with the medical treatments as well as client’s lifestyle and context.
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