ArticleAfrican health sciences2024
Knowledge, attitude and use of herbal medicine among pregnant women attending antenatal care in nsukka, Nigeria.
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- Advancing the safe motherhood initiative: A qualitative and sentiment analysis of local physician's perspectives on antibiotic self-medication during pregnancy in a low- and middle-income country.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
- Editor's choice: Infections, sexual reproductive health and non-communicable diseases.African health sciences · 2024Article
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Objective: To assess the knowledge, attitude and use of herbal medicine among pregnant women attending antenatal in Nsukka, Enugu state Nigeria. Methods: This was a cross- sectional descriptive study carried out among pregnant women attending ante- natal in selected hospitals in Nsukka, Enugu State from June-August 2022. A 33 item well-structured questionnaire was used as a data collection tool. Data were analyzed using the IBM Statistical Product for Services Solution (SPSS) for Windows, Version 27.0. Descriptive and inferential statistics were utilized. Statistical significance was set at P< 0.05. Results: Out of 400 consenting pregnant women attending antenatal, above half were between the ages of 25 to 34, 233(58.3%), and are married 371(92.8%) with education within the tertiary category 193(48.2%). Above half had good knowledge 264(66.2%) of herbal medicine. Majority had positive attitude towards the use of herbal medicine 284(71.2%). More than half 226(56.5%) of the pregnant women had used herbal medicine apart from during pregnancy. Only few pregnant women 64(16%) had used herbal medicine in previous pregnancy. Conclusion: Majority of pregnant women that participated in the study had good knowledge and positive attitude towards herbal medicine.
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