Research Article
Ethnomedicinal Plants Used by Traditional Healers to Treat Oral Health Problems in Cameroon
Table 1
Sociodemographic characteristics of the participants.
| | Characteristics | Male
(%) | Female
(%) | Total
(%) |
| | Age (years) | | | | | ≤20 | 1 (0.7) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.5) | | 21–30 | 8 (5.8) | 7 (11.3) | 15 (7.5) | | 31–40 | 23 (16.7) | 15 (24.2) | 38 (19.0) | | 41–50 | 35 (25.4) | 13 (21.0) | 48 (24.0) | | 51–60 | 30 (21.7) | 9 (14.5) | 39 (19.5) | | 61–70 | 29 (21.0) | 16 (25.8) | 45 (22.5) | | >70 | 12 (8.7) | 2 (3.2) | 14 (7.0) | | Educational attainment | | | | | Informal | 23 (16.7) | 9 (14.5) | 32 (16.0) | | Primary | 51 (37.0) | 13 (21.0) | 64 (32.0) | | Secondary | 33 (23.9) | 24 (38.7) | 57 (28.5) | | Tertiary | 31 (22.5) | 16 (25.8) | 47 (23.5) | | Residence | | | | | Urban | 82 (59.4) | 28 (45.2) | 110 (55.0) | | Rural | 56 (40.6) | 34 (54.8) | 90 (45.0) | | Type of practices | | | | | Herbalist | 74 (53.6) | 38 (61.3) | 112 (56.0) | | Diviners | 18 (13.0) | 10 (16.1) | 28 (14.0) | | Herbalist & diviners | 46 (33.3) | 14 (22.6) | 60 (30.0) | | Apart from your training, were you taught how to measure your medicine and how to preserve them? | | | | | Yes | 37 (26.8%) | 19 (30.6%) | 56 (28.0%) | | No | 101 (73.2%) | 43 (69.4%) | 144 (72.0%) | | Treat disease inside or outside the mouth | | | | | Yes | 77 (56.6%) | 32 (53.3%) | 109 (55.6%) | | No | 59 (43.4%) | 28 (46.7%) | 87 (44.4%) | | Specialist in treating mouth disease | | | | | Yes | 12 (8.7%) | 6 (9.8%) | 18 (9.0%) | | No | 126 (91.3%) | 55 (90.2%) | 181 (91.0) | | Total | 138 (69.0) | 62 (31.0) | 200 (100.0) |
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