Assessment of Consumer Perceptions in Ankara (Turkey) Toward Herbal Medicinal Products: A Survey Analysis in the Etimesgut District
Assessment of Consumer Perceptions in Ankara (Turkey) Toward Herbal Medicinal Products: A Survey Analysis in the Etimesgut District
Objective: In the current study, we analyzed a survey on herbal medicinal product (HMP) use among 250 Turkish participants to provide an insight
___
- Afifi FU, Wazaify M, Jabr M, Treish E. The use of herbal
preparations as complementary and alternative medicine
(CAM) in a sample of patients with cancer in Jordan.
Complement Ther Clin Pract. 2010; 16(4):208-12.
- [2] Morris CA, Avorn J. Internet marketing of herbal products. J
Am Med Assoc. 2003; 290(11):1505-9.
- [3] Eisenberg DM, Kessler RC, Foster C, Norlock FE, Calkins DR,
Delbanco TL. Unconventional medicine in the United States:
prevalence, costs, and patterns of use. N Engl J Med. 1993;
328:246-52.
- [4] Cherniack EP, Senzel RS, Pan CX. Correlates of use of alternative
medicine by the elderly in an urban population. J Altern
Complement Med. 2001; 7(3):277-80.
- [5] Fong HHS. Integration of herbal medicine into modern medical
practices: Issues and prospects. Integr Cancer Ther 2002;
1(3):287-93.
- [6] Klepser TB, Doucette WR, Horton MR, Buys LM, Ernst ME,
Ford JK, Hoehns JD, Kautzman HA, Logemann CD, Swegle JM,
Ritho M, Klepser ME. Assessment of patients’ perceptions and
beliefs regarding herbal therapies. Pharmacotherapy 2000;
20(1): 83-7.
- [7] Kaufman DW, Kelly JP, Rosenberg L, Anderson TE, Mitchell
AA. Recent patterns of medication use in the ambulatory
adult population of the United States. J Am Med Assoc. 2002;
287(3):337-44.
- [8] Gunther S, Patterson RE, Kristal AR, Stratton KL, White E.
Demographic and health-related correlates of herbal and
specialty supplement use. J Am Diet Assoc. 2004; 104(1):27-34.
- [9] Alkhateeb FM, Doucette WR, Ganther-Urnie JM. Influences
on consumer spending for herbal products. Res Social Adm
Pharm 2006; 2(2):254-65.
- [10] Tekiner AS, Ceyhun Peker AG, Dagli Z, Ak F. Opinions of
university hospital physicians on complementary and
alternative medicine. J Med Sci. 2013; 33(3):621-9.
- [11] Ozturk C, Karatas H, Längler A, Schütze T, Bailey R, Zuzak TJ.
Complementary and alternative medicine in pediatrics in
Turkey. World J Pediatr 2014; 10(4):299-305.
- [12] Joos S, Rosemann T, Szecsenyi J, Hahn EG, Willich SN, Brinkhaus
B. Use of complementary and alternative medicine in Germany
– a survey of patients with inflammatory bowel disease. BMC
Complement Altern Med 2006; 6:19-26.
- [13] Hartel U, Volger E. Use and acceptance of classical natural and
alternative medicine in Germany – findings of a representative population-based
survey.Forsch Komplementarmed Klass
Naturheilkd 2004; 11(6):327-34.
- [14] Witt C, Keil T, Selim D, Roll S, Vance W, Wegscheider K, Willich SN.
Outcome and costs of homoeopathic and conventional treatment
strategies: a comparative cohort study in patients with chronic
disorders. Complement Ther Med 2005; 13(2):79-86.
- [15] Marignani M, Gallina S, Di Fonzo M, Deli I, Begini P, Gigante
E, et al. Use and safety perception of herbal remedies in
patients with liver/biliary tract disorders: an Italian study. J
Clin Gastroenterol 2010; 44:54-7.
- [16] Sales PM, de Sousa PM, Da Silveira CA, Silveira, D. The use of
herbal medicine by AIDS patients from Hospital Universitario
de Brasilia, Brazil. B Latinoam Caribe Pl 2008; 7(4):207-216.
- [17] Jaradat NA, Shawahna R, Eid AM, Al-Ramahi R, Asma MK, Zaid
AN. Herbal remedies use by breast cancer patients in the West
Bank of Palestine. J Ethnopharmacol 2016;178: 1-8.
- [18] Inanc N, Cicek B, Sahin H, Bayat M, Tasci S. Use of herbs by
the patients with diabetes in Kayseri, Turkey. Pak J Nutr 2007;
6(4):310-12.
- [19] Zaffani S, Cuzzolin L, Benoni G. Herbal products: behaviors and
beliefs among Italian women. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf.
2006; 15:354-59.
- [20] Menniti-Ippolito F, Gargiulo L, Bologna E, Forcella E, Raschetti
R. Use of unconventional medicine in Italy: a nation-wide
survey. Eur J Clin Pharmacol 2002; 58(1):61-4.
- [21] Humer M, Scheller G, Kapellen T, Gebauer C, Schmidt H, Kiess
W. Use of herbal medicine in German children – prevalence,
indications and motivation. Dtsch Med Wochenschr 2010;
135(19):959-64.
- [22] Lucenteforte E, Gallo E, Pugi A, Giommoni F, Paoletti A, Vietri
M, Lupi P, La Torre M, Diddi G, Firenzuoli F, Mugelli A, Vannacci
A, Lapi F. Complementary and alternative drugs use among
preoperative patients: A cross-sectional study in Italy. Evid
Based Complement Alternat Med 2012;2012:527238.
- [23] Ozturk M, Uskun E, Ozdemir R, Cinar M, Alptekin F, Dogan
M. Public interest to traditional medicine in Isparta. Turkiye
Klinikleri J Med Ethics 2005; 13(3):179-86.
- [24] Haliloglu B, Isguven P, Yildiz M, Arslanoglu I, Erguven, M.
Complementary and alternative medicine in children with
type 1 diabetes mellitus. J Clin Res Pediatr Endocrinol 2011;
3(3):139-43.
- [25] Chang KH, Brodie R, Choong MA, Sweeney KJ, Kerin MJ.
Complementary and alternative medicine use in oncology: A
questionnaire survey of patients and health care professionals.
BMC Cancer. 2011; 11: 196-204.
- [26] Avci N, Canhoroz M, Kanat O, Gurun MS. The prevalance of
herbal product use as a alternative medicine among cancer
patients in Turkey. J Clin Anal Med 2015; 6(3):327-30.
- [27] Molassiotis A, Fernandez-Ortega P, Pud D, Ozden G, Platin
N, Hummerston S, et al. Complementary and alternative
medicine use in colorectal cancer patients in seven European
countries. Complement Ther Med. 2005; 13(4):251-57.
- [28] Molassiotis A, Panteli V, Patiraki E, Ozden G, Platin N, Madsen
E, Browall M, Fernandez-Ortega P, Pud D, Margulies A.
Complementary and alternative medicine use in lung cancer
patients in eight European countries. Complement Ther Clin
Pract. 2006; 12(1):34-9.