Nursing and Midwifery Training College, Tamale, Ghana.
Department of Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, CK Tedam University of Technology and Applied Sciences, Navrongo, Ghana.
Nurs Open. 2023 Aug;10(8):5185-5192. doi: 10.1002/nop2.1754. Epub 2023 Apr 14.
This study assessed, if use of herbal medicine (HM) among hypertensive patients is coincidence or planned.
Cross-sectional survey.
The study used a cross-sectional survey for collection of data from four (4) herbal medicine clinics in the Tamale metropolis in northern Ghana.
The final or overall regression model was significant at R = 0.350, F(7, 214) = 16.464, p < 0.001. No sociodemographic characteristic predicted herbal medicine use. Only religion and educational level were associated with herbal medicine use. Attitude (p = 0.002), subjective norms (p = 0.001) and behavioural intention (p = 0.000) significantly predicted HM use.
Data were collected from respondents only after they had verbally given free and informed consent to take part in the study. The results of this study therefore showed that herbal medicine use among these patients is not coincidence but planned. Health professionals by this study should appreciate the effect of religion and educational background in their health education on Herbal Medicines.
本研究旨在评估高血压患者使用草药（HM）是偶然还是有计划的。
横断面调查。
本研究使用横断面调查从加纳北部塔马利大都市区的四家（4）家草药诊所收集数据。
最终或总体回归模型具有统计学意义，R = 0.350，F（7，214） = 16.464，p < 0.001。没有社会人口特征预测草药的使用。只有宗教和教育程度与草药的使用有关。态度（p = 0.002）、主观规范（p = 0.001）和行为意向（p = 0.000）显著预测 HM 的使用。
只有在受访者口头同意参加研究后，才从他们那里收集数据。因此，这项研究的结果表明，这些患者使用草药并不是偶然的，而是有计划的。通过这项研究，卫生专业人员应该认识到宗教和教育背景对他们的草药健康教育的影响。
