一般实践患者对草药的感知和使用:沙特阿拉伯的一项跨部门研究
Hiba H Ali1, Shaima F Alharbi2, Rahaf A Iskandar2
1General Practice, Batterjee Medical College, Jeddah, SAU.
Cureus
|April 24, 2024
概括
沙特阿拉伯患者广泛使用草药治疗健康和疾病,经常将其视为安全有效的替代品. 然而,与医疗保健专业人员关于草药使用的沟通仍然很低,这表明需要更好地纳入患者护理.
科学领域:
- 综合医学是一个整体的医学.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 药理学 药理学是指药理学的学科.
背景情况:
- 草药是沙特阿拉伯传统健康实践的组成部分.
- 关于该地区患者对草药的看法和使用情况的数据有限.
- 这项研究解决了在全科医院患者中关于草药使用的信息稀缺的问题.
研究的目的:
- 为了调查沙特阿拉伯草药使用的模式.
- 了解患者对草药疗法的有效性和安全性的信念.
- 评估患者和医疗保健专业人员之间关于草药使用的沟通程度.
主要方法:
- 对沙特阿拉伯的成年居民进行了一项横截面的在线调查.
- 收集的数据包括人口统计数据,草药使用情况,使用原因以及患者与医疗服务提供者的沟通.
- 社交媒体和专业网络促进了问卷的分发.
主要成果:
- 在1,184名参与者中,有62%的人在过去12个月内使用了草药.
- 主要用途包括一般健康 (45%) 和特定疾病 (30%);40%使用它们作为处方药的替代品.
- 只有35%的使用者与医疗保健专业人员讨论了草药的使用情况,尽管70%的人相信它们的安全性,65%的人相信它们的有效性.
结论:
- 在沙特阿拉伯,草药使用率高,患者对草药的看法积极.
- 确定了患者和医疗保健提供者之间关于草药使用的重大沟通差距.
- 建议将草药讨论纳入常规患者护理,以促进安全和基于证据的实践.
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