Knowledge, Attitudes, and Usage of Apitherapy for Disease Prevention and Treatment among Undergraduate Pharmacy Students in Lithuania
Table 4
The knowledge and use of bee products for disease prevention.
Prevention area
Honey
Propolis
Royal jelly
Bee pollen and bee bread
Bee venom
Enhancing immune system
3.86
3.54
3.46
3.48
2.01
Respiratory tract infections
3.57
3.42
3.16
3.2
1.98
Cardiovascular diseases
2.02
2.2
2.4
2.28
1.66
Cancer prevention
1.9
2.1
2.03
2.03
1.71
Endocrine system disorders
1.82
1.93
2.1
2.14
1.68
Allergy
1.36
1.68
1.73
1.6
1.55
Skin aging
2.54
2.51
2.42
2.27
1.57
Anemia
1.98
2.11
2.2
2.18
1.55
Increasing of male/female fertility
2.25
2.12
2.24
3
1.55
Enhancing mental activity
2.64
2.48
2.48
2.34
1.61
Index score is calculated as an average of 5-point Likert scale evaluation (5: strongly agree; 4: agree; 3: neither agree nor disagree; 2: disagree; 1: strongly disagree). The max Index meaning is 5 and minimum is 1.