HASTALARIN BİTKİSEL ÜRÜN KULLANIMINA İLİŞKİN TUTUM VE UYGULAMALARININ DEĞERLENDİRİLMESİ

Amaç: Bitkisel ürünler, tamamlayıcı ve alternatif tıbbın bir parçası olarak toplumda yaygın olarak kullanılmaktadır. Çalışmamızın amacı, hastaların bitkisel ürünlerin kullanımına yönelik tutum ve uygulamalarını değerlendirmektir.Gereç ve Yöntem: Bu çalışma, Aralık 2017-Şubat 2018 tarihlerinde İstanbul'da (Türkiye) iki serbest eczanede gerçekleştirilen kesitsel tanımlayıcı bir çalışmadır. Katılımcıların sosyodemografik özellikleri kaydedilmiş ve kendi kendine yapılandırılmış bir anket uygulanmıştır.Sonuç ve Tartışma: Çalışmaya toplam 200 hasta dahil edillmiştir. Hastaların ortalama yaşı 34.6’dır. Hastaların yüzde altmışından fazlası bitkisel ürün kullanmakta olup, yaklaşık yarısı bitkisel ürün kullanımının tamamen zararsız olduğuna inandığını belirtmiştir (p<0.05). Kadın, yetişkin, eğitim düzeyi düşük, kronik hastalığı olan ve sigara içmeyen hastalarda bitkisel ürün kullanım oranının istatistiksel olarak daha yüksek olduğu belirlenmiştir (p<0.05). Kronik hastalığı olan hastaların yaygın olarak bitkisel ürünleri kullandığı ve hastaların çoğunun bu ürünlerin zararsız olduğuna inandığı tespit edilmiştir. Sağlık danışmanları olarak eczacılar aracılığıyla topluma güvenilir bilgi sağlanması önemlidir.

Anahtar Kelimeler:

bitkisel ürün, eczacı, hasta, tutum

EVALUATION OF THE ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES OF PATIENTS REGARDING THE USE OF HERBAL PRODUCTS

Objective: Herbal products are commonly used in public as a part of complementary and alternative medicine. The aim of our study is to evaluate the patients' attitudes and practices towards herbal products' uses.Material and Method: This study was a cross-sectional descriptive study conducted at two community pharmacies in Istanbul (Turkey) in December 2017-February 2018. Sociodemographic characteristics of the participants were recorded and a self-structured questionnaire was applied. Result and Discussion: A total of 200 patients were included in the study. The mean age of the patients was 34.6 years. Over sixty percent of the patients were using herbal products and approximately half of them believed that herbal products use was completely harmless (p<0.05). It was determined that the rate of using herbal products was statistically higher in female, adults, patients withlow educational level, patients with chronic diseases, and non-smokers (p<0.05). Patients with chronic illnesses commonly used herbal products and most of the patients believed that these products were harmless. It is important to provide reliable information for the community via pharmacists as health counselors.

Keywords:

Attitudes, herbal products, patient, pharmacist,

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