在巴西COVID-19大流行期间使用药用植物
Alciellen Mendes da Silva1, Ana Luísa Horsth1, Élida da Silva Timóteo1
1Health Evaluation, Technology, and Economics Group, Federal University of Espírito Santo, Alegre, 29500-000, Brazil.
Scientific reports
|October 2, 2023
概括
许多人使用药用植物,但存在风险. 这项研究发现,焦虑和COVID-19类症状是使用的常见原因,发现了特定的人口统计学关联.
科学领域:
- 民族植物学 民族植物学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 补充和替代医学 补充和替代医学
背景情况:
- 药用植物被广泛用于整合和补充健康实践.
- 尽管药用植物的应用广泛,但传统的药用植物应用存在固有的风险.
- 了解药用植物的形状和影响因素对于公共卫生至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 评估使用药用植物的人口统计资料.
- 确定与传统使用药用植物相关的因素.
- 探索药用植物使用的指示,特别是在COVID-19流行病的背景下.
主要方法:
- 在巴西东南部的一个城市进行了横截面调查.
- 通过采访,从641名参与者收集了数据.
- 用描述性统计和具有强大的方差的Poisson回归来进行分析.
主要成果:
- 40.2%的参与者报告使用药用植物,发现了79种不同的物种.
- 梅丽莎官员植物,Peumus boldus和Mentha spicata是最常用的植物之一.
- 焦虑是主要症状,还注意到呼吸道和胃肠道症状的使用,尽管没有报告COVID-19的使用.
- 在药用植物使用与女性性别,非白人种族,低教育,高收入和并发症之间发现了关联.
结论:
- 该研究强调了巴西对治疗焦虑和COVID-19类症状的药用植物的大量使用.
- 人口因素,如性别,种族,教育,收入和并发症与药用植物的消费有关.
- 需要进一步的研究来了解这些传统做法的安全性和有效性.
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