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Authors' Response to Peer Reviews of “Mobile App–Reported Use of Traditional Medicine for Maintenance of Health in India During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Cross-sectional Questionnaire Study”

Authors' Response to Peer Reviews of “Mobile App–Reported Use of Traditional Medicine for Maintenance of Health in India During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Cross-sectional Questionnaire Study”

Here, the questions in the app were intended to capture whether the use or practice of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha, and Homeopathy (AYUSH) measures either helped in the prevention of disease or aided in reducing the symptoms of the disease. The purpose of the app was to capture the extent of utilization and acceptance and any benefit that the respondents obtained while using these preventive measures, and we performed a cross-sectional analysis to document and synthesize the same.

N Srikanth, Rakesh Rana, Richa Singhal, Sophia Jameela, Rajeshwari Singh, Shruti Khanduri, Arunabh Tripathi, Sumeet Goel, Leena Chhatre, Ashwin Chandra, B C S Rao, K S Dhiman

JMIRx Med 2021;2(2):e29626

Mobile App–Reported Use of Traditional Medicine for Maintenance of Health in India During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Cross-sectional Questionnaire Study

Mobile App–Reported Use of Traditional Medicine for Maintenance of Health in India During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Cross-sectional Questionnaire Study

The acronym AYUSH stands for Ayurveda, yoga and naturopathy, Unani, Siddha, and homeopathy; these indigenous systems of medicine are practiced in India under the Ministry of AYUSH (Mo A). Considering the present scenario and penetration of the AYUSH system into the mainstream health care system in India for preventive and curative purposes, the Mo A released an advisory to the public for maintenance of general health and well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic on March 6, 2020 [9].

N Srikanth, Rakesh Rana, Richa Singhal, Sophia Jameela, Rajeshwari Singh, Shruti Khanduri, Arunabh Tripathi, Sumeet Goel, Leena Chhatre, Ashwin Chandra, B C S Rao, K S Dhiman

JMIRx Med 2021;2(2):e25703

Characterizing Websites That Provide Information About Complementary and Integrative Health: Systematic Search and Evaluation of Five Domains

Characterizing Websites That Provide Information About Complementary and Integrative Health: Systematic Search and Evaluation of Five Domains

Based on the procedure described in the “Methods” section, 165 websites across the 5 CIH domains of acupuncture, homeopathy, massage, reiki, and yoga were selected for this review. The domains, their size, and example sites, are presented in Table 4. As can be seen, this review included websites that were specifically focused on a domain, as well as websites with a more general focus that include content relating to CIH domains.

Annie T Tze-Tze Chen, Lisa Taylor-Swanson, Ronald W Buie, Albert Park, Mike Conway

Interact J Med Res 2018;7(2):e14