Estudio de aceptación de los servicios de medicina alternativa y terapias complementarias en los usuarios internos y externos del Hospital General I.E.S.S. - Milagro, 2016.

Abstract

Alternative medicine and complementary therapies are spreading worldwide, with increasing acceptance. The present study aims to determine the degree of acceptance of alternative medicine and complementary therapies in internal and external users of General Milagro Hospital, IESS 2016, through a field investigation, to propose the implementation of the service in the entity analyzed. The research was conducted under a non-experimental quantitative approach, because statistics were used to analyze the data. The sample of internal users was 136 health professionals of the Hospital, while the sample of external users was 384 patients attended in 2016. 65.4% indicated that they know alternative medicine and complementary therapies, 74.5% indicated that they do not know a medical unit that provides these services, 62.8% have not used this type of medicine, homeopathy and acupuncture are the best known branches, in therapies are more used chiropractic and massage, 71.1% of people would be willing to be treated with this type of medicine and therapies. It was proposed the hiring of two technologists in acupuncture and chiropractic, informative talks, advertising on social networks and an infographic. In addition, a specialist in acupuncture and one in chiropractic were hired at a cost of $63 400.24 per year. It was concluded that alternative medicine and complementary therapies are widely accepted by users.