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Investigating the state of knowledge, Attitude and Practice of the Elderly Regarding how to consume medicinal plants in Bojnurd city in 2019
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Parvin Sajadi Kaboudi   , Tayebeh Mohammadzadeh , Reza Ghadimi , Samaneh Pourhadi * , Abouzar Dashteban Namaghi |
| Social Determinants of Health (SDH) Research Centre, Health Research Institute, Babol University of Medical Sciences , samaneh.pourhadi@gmail.com |
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Abstract: (225 Views) |
Background: The elderly are the largest population who use not only chemical drugs but also herbal drugs to treat their diseases due to multiple and chronic diseases. Therefore, considering the tendency of the elderly to use medicinal plants and the lack of sufficient documentation regarding the status of their use of medicinal plants, the present study was conducted with the aim of investigating the state of knowledge, attitude and practice of the elderly regarding how to use medicinal plants.
Methods: This study was a cross-sectional study (descriptive-analytical) in order to investigate the state of knowledge, attitude and practice of the elderly regarding how to use medicinal plants on 270 elderly people of Bojnurd city in 2019. The samples were selected by cluster random sampling method. The data collection tool included a questionnaire to measure knowledge, attitude and practice. The data were analyzed using T-tests and ANOVA analysis of variance at a significance level of 5%.
Results: The scores of the elderly were respectively in the variables of knowledge (6.24 ± 2.10), attitude (4.44 ± 1.53) and practice (9.75 ± 2.55). Also, the results showed that 94.4% of participants had poor and average knowledge, 91.1% had poor and average attitude, and 35.2% had poor and average practice. There was a significant difference between the familiarity of the elderly with medicinal plants with three variables of knowledge, attitude and practice (p<0.001). Among the medicinal plants, mint (23.2%), thyme, saffron (10.9%) and oregano (9.5%) were the most used medicinal plants, and ginger, rose water and chamomile were the least used medicinal plants among the elderly studied. 29.6% used medicinal plants on a daily basis, 42.2% on a weekly basis, 21.8% on a monthly basis and 6.2% on a yearly basis. The most common reasons for using medicinal plants in the studied elderly are, respectively, 14.8% for diseases such as high blood pressure and diabetes, 25.2% for digestive problems, 22.2% for colds, and 29.6% for all the diseases asked. According to the self-report of the elderly studied, 81 (30%) of the elderly had good knowledge of medicinal plants, 136 (50.4%) had moderate knowledge, and 53 (19.6%) had poor knowledge.
Conclusion: The use of medicinal plants in the elderly of the region is not dependent on their knowledge and they tend to use medicinal plants based on traditional beliefs |
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| Keywords: Medicinal plants, Knowledge, Attitude, Practice. |
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Received: 2024/08/13 | Accepted: 2024/09/14 | Published: 2024/09/14
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