Research Article
Herbal Medicines: Personal Use, Knowledge, Attitude, Dispensing Practice, and the Barriers among Community Pharmacists in Gondar, Northwest Ethiopia
Table 3
Attitude towards herbal medicines (
= 47).
| | Attitude towards herbal medicines | Response (%) | | Strongly disagree | Disagree | Agree | Strongly agree |
| | Herbal medicines have beneficial effect | 1 (2.1) | 2 (4.2) | 31 (66) | 13 (27.7) | | Herbal medicines have fewer side effects than conventional medicines | 4 (8.5) | 20 (42.6) | 19 (40.4) | 4 (8.5) | | Herbal medicines have placebo effect | 2 (4.3) | 12 (25.5) | 30 (63.8) | 3 (6.4) | | Herbal medicines are sufficiently studied | 18 (38.3) | 17 (36.2) | 10 (21.3) | 2 (4.2) | | Herbal medicines have significant interactions with conventional medicines | 1 (2.1) | 8 (17.0) | 32 (68.1) | 6 (12.8) |
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4-point Likert scale (1 = strongly disagree, 4 = strongly agree).
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