Traditional medicine and COVID-19: influence on the recovery and satisfaction of the Tsáchila nationality
Introduction: traditional medicine is a healing alternative used by indigenous nationalities with the aim of promoting recovery from certain diseases, where ancestral processes were an option to mitigate the repercussions of COVID-19. Objective: to establish whether ancestral medicine influenced t...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Spanish |
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Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Guantánamo
2024-11-01
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| Series: | Revista Información Científica |
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| Online Access: | https://revinfcientifica.sld.cu/index.php/ric/article/view/4614 |
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| Summary: | Introduction: traditional medicine is a healing alternative used by indigenous nationalities with the aim of promoting recovery from certain diseases, where ancestral processes were an option to mitigate the repercussions of COVID-19.
Objective: to establish whether ancestral medicine influenced the levels of satisfaction and recovery time of members of the Tsáchila nationality who presented symptoms of COVID-19 infection.
Method: the scope of the research was correlational; with transversal design. A total of 1,003 members of the Tsáchila nationality participated in the study, to whom a questionnaire consisting of 22 closed questions was applied through non-probabilistic sampling. The data were analyzed through processes of convergent validity, discriminant validity and modeling of structural equations developed in SPSS24 and AMOS 24.
Results: it was proven that contagion symptoms influenced conventional medicine (β=0.228), traditional medicine (β =0.529), treatment with plants (β=0.507), and that traditional medicine (β=0.328) and plant-based medicine (β=0.568) influenced the recovery time and satisfaction levels of the members of the Tsáchila nationality who were infected.
Conclusions: it was concluded that traditional medicine and medicine based on medicinal plants influence the satisfaction rates and recovery time of members of the Tsáchila nationality who had symptoms of COVID-19 during the pandemic, while conventional medicine does not. he did it. |
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| ISSN: | 1028-9933 |