They patronize herbal medicine, coincidence or planned behaviour: A case of hypertensive patients in Tamale?
Mohammed Iddrisu, Abdul Razak Doat, Abdul Malik Abdulai and 1 others
PMID 37060167WHAT IT FOUND
Among 222 hypertensive patients using herbal medicine in Tamale, their attitude, community expectations and plans to use herbal medicine went with use; age, gender and occupation did not.
Ask about beliefs and social expectations when counselling on medicines.
Key findings
01Attitude, subjective norms and behavioural intention were significant predictors of herbal medicine use.
02The final regression model explained 35.0% of variance in herbal medicine use.
03Perceived behavioural control was not a significant predictor in the final model.
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What it does not show
The study used convenience sampling of clients at herbal clinics, so it does not represent all hypertensive patients. It was cross-sectional, so it cannot show that attitudes or intention caused herbal medicine use. The structured questionnaire did not allow respondents to express feelings, so it may miss some reasons for use. The analysed sample was 222; the planned sample size was 244.
Declared interests
The authors declared no competing interests, and the study received no external funding.
The easy way to misread this
Do not read this as evidence that herbal medicine is effective or safe for hypertension. The study only surveyed patients at herbal clinics and tested associations with use, not treatment outcomes.