Preference and Practice of Traditional Medicine and Associated Factors in Jimma Town, Southwest Ethiopia

Table 2

Practice of traditional medicine in Jimma town, Southwest Ethiopia, 2020.

Have you heard of traditional medicine? (n = 271)
	Frequency	Percentage (%)
Yes	269	99.3
No	2	0.7
Traditional medicine practice (n = 271)
Yes	221	81.5
No	50	18.5
Types of ailments
Cold/influenza/cough	133	60.2
Headache	110	49.8
Stomach/intestinal infections	86	38.9
Others^@	34	15.4
How frequently have you used traditional medicine? (n = 221)
Daily	1	0.5
Often	5	2.3
Sometimes	124	56.1
When unwell	91	41.2
Behavior of users of traditional medicine to inform their physicians (n = 221)
Yes	160	72.4
No	61	27.6
If you took traditional medicine whilst on prescription medicine, did you check it was safe to mix? (n = 221)
Yes	84	38.0
No	137	62.0
Outcome of using traditional medicine for the management of ailments (n = 221)
Symptomatic relief	184	83.3
Permanent cure	35	15.8
No change	2	0.9
Common types of traditional medicines used (n = 221)
Medical herbs	118	53.4
Faith healer/holy water	91	41.2
Bone setter	5	2.3
Medical herbs and holy water	3	1.4
Medical herbs, holy water, and bone setter	4	1.8
Sources of information about traditional medicine use (n = 221)
Family	120	54.3
Friends	96	43.4
Healthcare practitioners	5	2.3
By whom traditional medicine was practiced? (n = 221)
Traditional medicine healer	141	63.8
Elderly	10	4.5
Mother and father	70	31.7

^@Fever, hypertension, and arteritis/joint pain.