The Effect of Patient Education on the HIV Patients Knowledge about Complementary Alternative Medicine (CAM) at Kanti Sehati Sejati Foundation, Jambi

Pengaruh Pemberian Edukasi terhadap Pengetahuan Complementary Alternative Medicine (CAM) Pada Penderita HIV Yayasan Kanti Sehati Sejati Kota Jambi

Abstract

HIV / AIDS is a public health problem that needs serious attention from the government. Besides to
conventional medicine people with HIV / AIDS often use complementary and alternative medicines (CAM)
in order to increase the quality of health. Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) uses natural
ingredients, not only restricted to herbal plants, but also includes the use of other natural vitamins and
minerals. Compared to conventional treatments, CAM therapy is more save to use because it does not cause
serious side effects. The purpose of this study was to know what are the effects of providing CAM education
to ODHA at the Jambi Kanti Sehati Sejati Foundation. This research was a quasi-experimental one type
pretest-posttest type of research and is a type of quantitative descriptive study with prospective data
collection. There were 35 ODHA who were respondents in this study and registered as members of the Jambi
Kanti Sehati Sejati Foundation. The results of research on demographic characteristics and CAM knowledge
were obtained from questionnaires that given before and after giving the education, and proved by paired T
test so that significance values ≤ 0.05 were obtained. This shows that there is the influence of education on
CAM knowledge in HIV sufferer.