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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>2007-5057</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Investigación en educación médica]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Investigación educ. médica]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2007-5057</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Facultad de Medicina]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S2007-50572015000400207</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.1016/j.riem.2015.07.002</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Conocimientos y actitudes sobre terapias alternativas y complementarias en estudiantes de ciencias de la salud]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Knowledge and attitudes toward complementary and alternative therapies among health sciences students]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ballesteros-Peña]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Sendoa]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Fernández-Aedo]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Irrintzi]]></given-names>
</name>
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<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad del País Vasco Departamento de Enfermería I ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Spain</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Universitario de Basurto  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Bilbao Bizkaia]]></addr-line>
<country>España</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2015</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2015</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>4</volume>
<numero>16</numero>
<fpage>207</fpage>
<lpage>215</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2007-50572015000400207&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2007-50572015000400207&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2007-50572015000400207&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[ Introducción Las terapias alternativas y complementarias (TAC) han generado en el contexto sanitario actual tanto seguidores como detractores.  Objetivo Explorar los conocimientos, percepciones y actitudes sobre las TAC en estudiantes universitarios de ciencias de la salud.  Método Estudio descriptivo desarrollado en la Universidad del País Vasco (España) en el curso académico 2013-2014. Una muestra representativa de estudiantes cumplimentó un cuestionario anónimo con preguntas sobre conocimientos, percepciones y actitudes sobre el uso de las TAC. Se calcularon estadísticos descriptivos para cada ítem y disciplina. La comparación entre proporciones se realizó mediante la estimación de intervalos de confianza al 95%.  Resultados Un total de 605 alumnos completaron el cuestionario (32.6% enfermería; 32.2% medicina; 28.6% farmacia; 6.6% fisioterapia). Las terapias más conocidas en las que los alumnos habían recibido formación fueron la homeopatía (25.3%) y la acupuntura (12.6%). Ambas terapias fueron percibidas como bastante o muy efectivas por el 32.7 y el 44.1% de los encuestados. Se objetivó una mayor proporción de estudiantes de enfermería y fisioterapia con actitudes favorables hacia las TAC, que de estudiantes de medicina y farmacia. El 27.4% de los estudiantes recomendaría a sus pacientes acudir a las TAC como primera medida terapéutica ante determinado tipo de circunstancias, y el 27.1% consideró que las terapias no avaladas por la ciencia deberían ser descartadas de la praxis clínica. El 59.2% reclamó la necesidad de formación sobre éstas terapias en la universidad y el 67.9% consideró que los profesionales debían poseer capacidades para educar e informar a sus pacientes.  Conclusiones Existe gran desconocimiento sobre las TAC. Homeopatía y acupuntura son las más conocidas y la percepción sobre su efectividad es desigual entre estudiantes, siendo los de enfermería y fisioterapia quienes presentan actitudes más favorables hacia las TAC.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ Introduction Complementary and alternative therapies (CAT) have supporters and detractors among medical staff.  Objective To determine the knowledge, perceptions and attitudes toward CAT among health science university students.  Method A cross sectional descriptive study was conducted in the University of Basque Country (Spain) during 2013/2014 academic years. A representative sample of students completed an anonymous questionnaire on knowledge, perceptions and attitudes on the use of the CAT. Descriptive statistics were calculated for each item and discipline. The comparison between proportions was performed and 95% confidence intervals calculated.  Results A total of 605 students completed the questionnaire (32.6% nursing; 32.2% medicine; 28.6% pharmacy, and 6.6% physiotherapy). The most known therapies among the students were homeopathy (25.3%) and acupuncture (12.6%). Both therapies were perceived as fairly or very effective by 32.7% and 44.1% of students, respectively. A higher proportion was observed among nursing and physiotherapy students with positive attitudes, compared to medicine and pharmacy students. More than one-quarter (27.4%) of students would recommend CAT to their patients as the first therapeutic choice in some diseases or circumstances. On the other hand, 27.1% felt that non-science-based therapies should be rejected in the clinical praxis. More than half (59.2%) stated the need for training on these therapies at university, and 67.9% felt that medical staff must have skills to educate and inform their patients.  Conclusions There is lack of knowledge about CAT. Homeopathy and acupuncture are the best known therapies, but perceived effectiveness is unequal among students. Thus, nursing and physiotherapy students showed were more favourable to use CAT.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Medicina alternativa]]></kwd>
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