From: The muslim patient and medical treatments based on porcine ingredients
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Item | M | SD | M | SD | r p | t-test |
1. Is it permissible according to the Muslim religion to cure a Muslim patient who is in danger of death from pancreatic insufficiency (due to cystic fibrosis) by administering drugs that are produced from a pig (such as pancreatic enzymes: amylase, lipase, protease)? | 2.32 | 1.75 | 2.76 | 2.12 | 0.86 | 2.79** |
2. Is it permissible according to the Muslim religion to prepare a vaccine for children against rotavirus, rubella, mumps, and measles made from pig proteins? | 2.32 | 1.75 | 2.75 | 2.12 | 0.86 | 3.03** |
3. Is it permissible according to the Muslim religion to transplant a valve taken from the heart of a pig to a Muslim patient suffering from a heart valve problem whose life is in danger? | 2.79 | 1.77 | 3.26 | 2.07 | 0.92 | 1.67 |
4. Is it permissible according to the Muslim religion to give a Muslim patient suffering from severe chest pain painkillers that are produced from a pig? | 2.34 | 1.76 | 2.84 | 2.14 | 0.88 | 0.13 |
5. Is it permissible according to the Muslim religion to implant in a Muslim patient cartilage for knees taken from a pig, for the purpose of replacing worn cartilage? | 2.81 | 1.80 | 3.05 | 2.13 | 0.69 | 4.04*** |
6. Is it permissible according to the Muslim religion for a Muslim in training to use proteins produced from pigs for the purpose of building muscle as part of a training program at a gym? | 2.42 | 1.87 | 2.80 | 2.17 | 0.91 | 3.99*** |
7. Is it permissible according to the Muslim religion to give a Muslim patient suffering from hypercoagulability (a tendency to form blood clots that may clog the blood vessels in the brain and heart) a blood thinner medicine produced from a pig? | 2.97 | 1.83 | 3.32 | 2.15 | 0.73 | 1.63 |
8. Is it permissible according to the Muslim religion for Muslim researchers and scientists to practice on a pig in medical experiments or in invasive operations in order to improve medical treatments? | 3.16 | 1.93 | 3.71 | 2.27 | 0.89 | 4.77*** |
9. Is it permissible according to the Muslim religion to give a Muslim patient albumin (protein) produced from a pig to maintain blood pressure levels in order to prevent a dangerous and drastic drop in blood pressure? | 2.39 | 1.79 | 2.82 | 2.13 | 0.87 | 3.14** |
10. Is it permissible according to the Muslim religion for a Muslim patient to wash their skin with soap made from pig fat in order to ameliorate a skin disease? | 2.37 | 1.77 | 2.82 | 2.13 | 0.86 | 2.87** |
11. Is it permissible according to the Muslim religion to make use of skin tissue from a pig for a Muslim patient for the purpose of skin graft after severe burns? | 2.39 | 1.79 | 2.82 | 2.14 | 0.85 | 3.11** |
12. Is it permissible according to the Muslim religion to give a Muslim baby suffering from cystic fibrosis fat-soluble vitamins -– E, A, K, D – that are produced from a pig? | 2.39 | 1.78 | 2.82 | 2.14 | 0.84 | 3.24** |
13. Is it permissible according to the Muslim religion to give a Muslim diabetic a medicine that is produced from a pig to lower their sugar/diabetic values? | 2.41 | 1.80 | 2.81 | 2.13 | 0.85 | 3.52*** |
14. Is it permissible according to the Muslim religion to give a pregnant Muslim woman a steroid drug produced from a pig, in order to accelerate fetal lung maturation in a situation where the woman has preterm labor contractions in the seventh month? | 2.38 | 1.79 | 2.82 | 2.14 | 0.84 | 2.68** |
15. Is it permissible according to the Muslim religion to give a Muslim preterm infant who was born in the seventh month and suffers from respiratory distress a medicine produced from a pig? | 3.10 | 1.85 | 3.20 | 2.20 | 0.61 | 5.81*** |