Research Article
Herbal and Alternative Medicine Use in Tanzanian Adults Admitted with Hypertension-Related Diseases: A Mixed-Methods Study
Table 2
Herbal medicine utilization patterns in 213 consecutive adults hospitalized to Bugando Medical Centre with hypertension-related diseases.
| | Outcome | Total
() | Female
() | Male
() | value | | Proportion (%) | | Median [IQR] |
| | Used herbal medicine in last month | 52 (24.4) | 26 (23.2) | 26 (25.7) | 0.67 | | Ever attended a traditional healer for any reason | 144 (67.6) | 77 (68.8) | 67 (66.3) | 0.71 | | Ever attended traditional healer for hypertension | 59 (27.7) | 29 (25.9) | 30 (29.7) | 0.54 | | Ever used herbal medicine for any reason | 161 (75.6) | 35 (31.3) | 74 (73.3) | 0.46 | | Ever used herbs for hypertension | 69 (32.4) | 38 (33.9) | 31 (30.7) | 0.61 | | Practiced religious healing for hypertension | 30 (14.1) | 17 (15.2) | 13 (12.9) | 0.63 | | Using herbal medicine in hospital | 10 (4.7) | 5 (5.0) | 5 (4.5) | 0.87 | | Stopped allopathic medicines for herbal medicine | 38 (17.8) | 17 (15.2) | 21 (20.8) | 0.29 | | Used herbal medicine with allopathic medicines | 47 (22.1) | 28 (25.0) | 19 (18.8) | 0.28 | | Believes it is okay to use herbal medicine with allopathic medicines | 152 (71.4) | 76 (67.9) | 76 (75.3) | 0.24 | | Traditional healer has asked about allopathic medicines | 20 (9.4) | 8 (7.1) | 12 (11.9) | 0.24 | | Doctors have asked about herbal medicines | 20 (9.4) | 11 (9.8) | 9 (8.9) | 0.82 |
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Primary study outcome; IQR, interquartile range.
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