Research Article
Traditional Medicine and Its Role in the Management of Diabetes Mellitus: “Patients’ and Herbalists’ Perspectives”
Table 8
Sociodemographic characteristics of participants in the quantitative component of the study in relation to their preferred type of treatment.
| | Variables | Treatment choice | | Conventional | Traditional | Conventional &
traditional | P-Value |
| | Gender | | | | | | Male | 17(37.0) | 4(33.3) | 26(31.7) | 0.83 | | Female | 29(63.0) | 8(66.7) | 56(68.3) | |
| | Age (years) | | | | | | 21-40 | 6(13.0) | 3(25.0) | 5(6.1) | 0.05 | | 41-60 | 17(37.0) | 5(41.7) | 49(59.8) | | | >60 | 23(50.0) | 4(33.3) | 28(34.1) | |
| | Marital status | | | | | | Never married | 6(13.0) | 0 | 4(4.9) | 0.43 | | Married or cohabiting | 30(65.2) | 8(66.7) | 64(78.0) | | | Separated or divorced | 2(4.3) | 1(8.3) | 3(3.7) | | | Widowed | 8(17.4) | 3(25.0) | 11(13.4) | |
| | Education | | | | | | Never went to school | 0 | 1(8.3) | 4(4.9) | 0.61 | | Primary school | 29(63.0) | 9(75.0) | 52(63.4) | | | Secondary school | 9(19.6) | 1(8.3) | 12(14.6) | | | College/ university | 8(17.4) | 1(8.3) | 14(17.1) | |
| | Employment status | | | | | | Formal employment | 9(19.6) | 1(8.3) | 14(17.1) | 0.79 | | Self-employed | 19(41.3) | 7(58.3) | 44(53.7) | | | Retired officer | 10(21.7) | 3(25.0) | 14(17.1) | | | Unemployed | 8(17.4) | 1(8.3) | 10(12.2) | |
| | Duration of the disease | | | | | | <1 Year | 4(8.7) | 0 | 4(4.9) | 0.76 | | 1-5 years | 10(21.7) | 3(25.0) | 22(26.8) | | | >5 years | 32(69.6) | 9(75.0.0) | 56(68.3) | |
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Chi-square test (95% CI, p<0.05).
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