A survey of Turkish hospital patients’ use of herbal medicine

Soner, Burak Cem; Şahin, Ayşe; Şahin, Tahir Kemal

doi:10.1016/j.eujim.2013.08.004

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“…Recent studies support the popularity and increasing use of CAM by individuals in western countries as well as in Turkey [ 2 , 4 , 9 , 10 ]. We found approximately one-third of our patients had used herbal medicine for the treatment of chronic diseases.…”

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“…Soner et al . found 48.8% herbal use in a population mostly consisted of female inpatients with the median age 37.0 years and with higher education levels [ 4 ]. However, Gücük et al .…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Soner et al . found that 48.8% of people use herbal medicine in Turkey [ 4 ]. People use herbal medicines to be healthier, prevent or treat diseases.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Although Turkey has a long tradition of using herbal medicine, the data about the frequency of utilization of herbal medicine in chronic diseases are scarce [ 4 , 7 - 12 ]. Therefore, in this study, we aimed to determine the frequency of the use of herbal medicine among patients who had been diagnosed with diabetes mellitus (DM), hypertension (HT), and hyperlipidemia (HL) in family medicine department.…”

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Herbal medicine use among Turkish patients with chronic diseases

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Aypak²,

Yıkılkan³

et al. 2015

J Intercult Ethnopharmacol

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Aim:Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is commonly used all over the world, and herbal medicines are the most preferred ways of CAM. The aim of this study was to determine the frequency of herbal medicine use among patients with chronic diseases.Methodology:A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted from April 2014 to December 2014 among patients who had been diagnosed with diabetes mellitus (DM), hypertension (HT), and hyperlipidemia (HL) in Family Medicine Department of Dışkapı Yıldırım Beyazıt Training and Research Hospital, in Ankara. A questionnaire about herbal drug use was applied by face to face interview to the participants.Results:A total of 217 patients were included in this study. The mean age of the participants was 56.6 ± 9.7 years (55 male and 162 female). The rate of herbal medicine use was 29%. Herbal medicine use among female gender was significantly higher (P = 0.040). Conventional medication use was found to be lower among herbal medicine consumers. There was no relationship between herbal medicine use and type of chronic disease, living area, and occupation or education level. Most frequently used herbs were lemon (39.6%) and garlic (11.1%) for HT, cinnamon (12.7%) for DM, and walnut (6.3%) for HL.Conclusions:In this study, herbal medicine use was found to be higher among patients who had been diagnosed with chronic diseases. Therefore, physicians should be aware of herbal medicine usage of their patients and inform them about the effectivity and side effects of herbal medicines.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Soner et al . found 48.8% herbal use in a population mostly consisted of female inpatients with the median age 37.0 years and with higher education levels [ 4 ]. However, Gücük et al .…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Soner et al . found that 48.8% of people use herbal medicine in Turkey [ 4 ]. People use herbal medicines to be healthier, prevent or treat diseases.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Herbal medicine use among Turkish patients with chronic diseases

Tulunay¹,

Aypak²,

Yıkılkan³

et al. 2015

J Intercult Ethnopharmacol

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“…In a study by Soner et al (2013), data collected from a questionnaire completed by both outpatients and inpatients admitted to the local hospital in Konya, Turkey, revealed that 48.8% of the study population used herbal medicines, whereas 38.3% of all respondents were using or had used another prescribed medication concurrently with those herbal remedies. The most frequent reasons for using these herbal medications were as follows: maintaining health, improving weakness, weight reduction, musculoskeletal pain, and cough and cold symptoms.…”

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confidence: 99%