ArticleJournal of community health2015
Predictors of traditional medicines utilisation in the Ghanaian health care practice: interrogating the Ashanti situation.
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- Factors contributing to primary caregiver delay in presenting children with chronic kidney disease for medical care in Ghana.African journal of primary health care & family medicine · 2019Article
- Traditional, complementary and alternative medicine use in Sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review.BMJ global health · 2018Article
- Traditional medicines and alternative practice in the management of prostate diseases in southern Ghana.Ghana medical journal · 2017Article
- Unconventional medical practices among Ghanaian students: A university-based survey.Journal of traditional and complementary medicine · 2017Article
- Preference and willingness to pay for traditional medicine services in rural ethnic minority community in Vietnam.BMC complementary and alternative medicine · 2016Article
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- Characterizing Herbal Medicine Use for Noncommunicable Diseases in Urban South Africa.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2015Article
- Relationship between Health Insurance Status and the Pattern of Traditional Medicine Utilisation in Ghana.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2015Article
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Abstract
Traditional medicine (TRM) use remains universal among individuals, families and communities the world over but the predictive variables of TRM use is still confounding. This population-based study analysed the predictors of TRM use in Ashanti Region, Ghana. A retrospective cross-sectional quantitative survey involving systematic random sampled participants (N = 324) was conducted. Structured interviewer-administered questionnaires were used as research instruments. Data were analysed with logit regression, Pearson's Chi square and Fisher's exact tests from the PASW for Windows application (V. 17.0). Overall, 86.1 % (n = 279) reported use of TRM with biologically-based and distant/prayer therapies as the major forms of TRM utilised in the previous 12 months. Among the general population, TRM use was predicted by having low-income levels [odds ratio (OR) 2.883, confidence interval (CI) 1.142-7.277], being a trader (OR 2.321, CI 1.037-5.194), perceiving TRM as effective (OR 4.430, CI 1.645-11.934) and safe (OR 2.730, CI 0.986-4.321), good affective behaviour of traditional medical practitioner (TMP) (OR 2.943, CI 0.875-9.896) and having chronic ill-health (OR 3.821, CI 1.213-11.311). The prevalence of TRM use is high. The study provides evidence that people's experience, personal attributes, health beliefs, attitude to TRM, attitude of TMP to clients and medical history are largely accountable for the upsurge use of TRM rather than socio-demographic factors. Understanding the health-seeking behaviour of individuals is exigent to ascribe appropriate medical care by health care providers.
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