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Complementary and alternative medicine use among Jordanian patients with diabetes.
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PMID:  21457894     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Data-Review    
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PURPOSE: This study explores the prevalence, type, frequency, purpose and pattern of herbal preparation use as complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in a cohort of patients with diabetes in Jordan.
METHOD: The study took the form of a cross-sectional survey of patients attending the outpatient departments at The National Centre for Diabetes, Endocrine and Genetics (NCDEG), in Amman. The method was based on semi-structured questionnaire.
RESULTS: A total of 1000 diabetes patients were interviewed. Of the participants, 16.6% (n=166) reported using herbs. Most of CAM users were in the age group 51-60 years (n=73, 44.0%) and predominantly female (59.6%). 139 of the CAM users (83.7%) had at least obtained a high school degree. The most common herbal product to be used was green tea (20.5%).
CONCLUSION: This study confirmed that there is an appreciable prevalence of herbal use among patients with diabetes in Jordan.
Authors:
Mayyada Wazaify; Fatma U Afifi; Mohammad El-Khateeb; Kamel Ajlouni
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article     Date:  2011-02-26
Journal Detail:
Title:  Complementary therapies in clinical practice     Volume:  17     ISSN:  1873-6947     ISO Abbreviation:  Complement Ther Clin Pract     Publication Date:  2011 May 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-04-04     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  101225531     Medline TA:  Complement Ther Clin Pract     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  71-5     Citation Subset:  N    
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Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Affiliation:
Department of Biopharmaceutics and Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, The University of Jordan, Jordan.
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