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ArticleNursing open2023

They patronize herbal medicine, coincidence or planned behaviour: A case of hypertensive patients in Tamale?

Mohammed Iddrisu, Abdul Razak Doat, Abdul Malik Abdulai, Abubakari Wuni

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Article in Nursing open, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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4 authors.

Mohammed IddrisuNursing and Midwifery Training College, Tamale, Ghana.
Abdul Razak DoatDepartment of Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, CK Tedam University of Technology and Applied Sciences, Navrongo, Ghana.ORCID 0000-0003-4273-5243
Abdul Malik AbdulaiNursing and Midwifery Training College, Tamale, Ghana.
Abubakari WuniNursing and Midwifery Training College, Tamale, Ghana.ORCID 0000-0001-9329-8368

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimThis study assessed, if use of herbal medicine (HM) among hypertensive patients is coincidence or planned.

designCross-sectional survey.

methodsThe study used a cross-sectional survey for collection of data from four (4) herbal medicine clinics in the Tamale metropolis in northern Ghana.

resultsThe final or overall regression model was significant at R PUBLIC CONTRIBUTION: 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.

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HypertensionPlants, MedicinalAttitudeCross-Sectional StudiesHerbal MedicineHumansPlant ExtractsPlant Extractshealthherbal medicinehypertension

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PMID37060167
PMCPMC10333829

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