School of Pharmacy, College of Health and Medical Science, Haramaya University, Harar, Ethiopia.
School of Medicine, College of Health and Medical Science, Haramaya University, Harar, Ethiopia.
Front Public Health. 2022 Jun 14;10:915722. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.915722. eCollection 2022.
Although the Practice of traditional medicine is accorded great importance worldwide, it seems to face a notable challenge. A notable challenge is the lack of a reference standard for determining the appropriate utilization of traditional medicine for patients. There is little evidence about the usual utilized traditional medicine in the study area. Therefore, this study aimed to assess practice of traditional medicine and associated factors among residents in Eastern Ethiopia.
A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted from January 20, 2022 to February 20, 2022. About 818 study participants were recruited using a systematic random sampling technique. Data were collected by face-to-face interviews. The collected data were analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 22 computer software. The association between an outcome variable and independent variables was assessed using binary logistic regression and the strength of association was presented using Adjusted Odd Ratio (AOR) with its 95% confidence intervals (CI).
A total of 803 participants were included in the final analysis with a 98.2 % response rate. From the total study participants, 563 (70.1%) [95%CI: 66.8-73.3] had used traditional medicine in the past 6 months. Factors such as being farmer [AOR = 1.06; 95%CI: (1.03-3.7)], having a diploma degree or higher [AOR = 3.2, 95% CI (1.4-7.3)] and having no history of chronic disease [AOR = 0.21; 95% CI: (0.1-0.5)] were significantly associated traditional medicine practice.
The proportion of traditional medicine practice was high. The most commonly utilized traditional medicines were Damakase, Tenadam, Zingibil and Erate. A national health policy should give a great emphasize on rational utilization of traditional medicine.
尽管传统医学在世界范围内受到高度重视，但它似乎面临着一个显著的挑战。一个显著的挑战是缺乏确定患者适当使用传统医学的参考标准。在研究区域，几乎没有关于常用传统医学的证据。因此，本研究旨在评估埃塞俄比亚东部居民对传统医学的实践和相关因素。
这是一项基于社区的横断面研究，于 2022 年 1 月 20 日至 2 月 20 日进行。使用系统随机抽样技术招募了约 818 名研究参与者。通过面对面访谈收集数据。使用统计软件包（SPSS）版本 22 计算机软件对收集的数据进行分析。使用二元逻辑回归评估结果变量与自变量之间的关联，并用调整后的比值比（AOR）及其 95%置信区间（CI）表示关联强度。
共有 803 名参与者被纳入最终分析，应答率为 98.2%。在总研究参与者中，563 人（70.1%）[95%CI：66.8-73.3]在过去 6 个月中使用过传统医学。农民（AOR=1.06；95%CI：（1.03-3.7]）、拥有文凭或更高学历（AOR=3.2，95%CI（1.4-7.3]）和没有慢性病史（AOR=0.21；95%CI：（0.1-0.5]）等因素与传统医学实践显著相关。
传统医学实践的比例很高。最常用的传统药物是 Damakase、Tenadam、Zingibil 和 Erate。国家卫生政策应高度重视传统医学的合理利用。
