Evaluation of Alternative Medicine Utilization among Employees in Technology Company

• Main Authors: Tzu-Yun Chen, 陳姿昀
• Other Authors: Ying-Chun Li
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2008
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/93gy4u

碩士 === 國立中山大學 === 醫務管理研究所 === 96 === This study aims to explore the factors which affect the technological employees’ utilization of alternative medicine in Taiwan. The research modifies Aday and Anderson model to form the research framework. This reasearch focus on the relationship between predisposition factors, enabling factors , needs factors of technological employees and the utilization of alternative medicine services. 600 copies of questionnaires were conducted in July 2005 to January 2006, with 520 of them returned that makes a response rate of 86.67%. The conclusions of this study are presented as follows: 1. A total of 274(52.7%) of technological employees have ever utilized alternative medicine, 243(46.7%) of technological employees have never utilized alternative medicine and 3(0.6%) of technological employees is the missing data. 2. On average each person has utilized 1.40 alternative medicine service visits and has spent NT$740.73. 3. The alternative medicine used most commonly by technological employees are naprapathy (17.1%), hydropathy (13.6%), feet massage (10.0%), massage (9.7%) and acupuncture (8.9%). 4. Technological employees’ age, occupation, the position of occupation, income, the methods of acquiring alternative medicine, residence,the recommendations of family or friends,and perceived physical health are the factors to affect the utilization of alternative medicine. Technological employees’ religion of Buddhism is the factors to affect the number of visits of alternative medicine. Technological employees’gender of womem and other methods of acquiring alternative medicine are the factors to affect the expenditure of alternative medicine. The suggestions of this study are that Department of Health may help the public to acquire accurate information concerning alternative medicine and plan for having the health insurance coverage of alternative medicine.In addition, hospitals or the alternative medicine providers may increase promotion of alternative medicine, marketing for alternative medicine services bases on the major findings from this study.