Rheumatological patients' knowledge of, beliefs about, and practices in using phytotherapy: an exploratory study.

Biologic treatment, Rheumatologic disease Complementary and alternative medicine Phytotherapy

Journal

Rheumatology international
ISSN: 1437-160X
Titre abrégé: Rheumatol Int
Pays: Germany
ID NLM: 8206885

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
11 2023
Historique:
received: 05 06 2023
accepted: 26 06 2023
medline: 12 9 2023
pubmed: 5 7 2023
entrez: 5 7 2023
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Phytotherapy has emerged as a new concept and has quickly and widely spread in recent years. Studies on phytopharmaceuticals in rheumatology practice are very limited. In this study, we aimed to examine the knowledge of, beliefs about, and practices of using phytotherapy in patients who use biologics due to rheumatological disease. In the first part of the questionnaire, there are 11 questions, including the demographic data of the person, and in the second part, there are 17 questions that aim to learn the level of knowledge about phytotherapy and the use of phytopharmaceuticals. The questionnaire was administered face-to-face to patients with rheumatology using biological therapy who gave consent to participate. A total of 100 patients who were followed up with biological therapy were included in the final analysis. Approximately half of participants (48%) received any phytopharmaceuticals during their biologic treatment. Camellia sinensis (green tea) and Tilia platyphyllos were the most preferred phytopharmaceuticals. Gender, age, smoking, duration of disease, and duration of biologic treatment were not found to be associated with the use of phytopharmaceuticals. Of the 100 participants, 69% had information about phytotherapy, and the primary sources of information about phytotherapy were television and social media. Rheumatological diseases cause chronic pain, multiple drug use, and a decrease in quality of life, so the search for alternative treatment methods is frequent in these patients. Studies with a high level of evidence are necessary for healthcare professionals to inform their patients about this topic.

Identifiants

pubmed: 37405443
doi: 10.1007/s00296-023-05384-5
pii: 10.1007/s00296-023-05384-5
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

2125-2130

Informations de copyright

© 2023. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature.

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Auteurs

Tuba Demirci Yildirim (T)

Division of Rheumatology, Faculty of Medicine, Dokuz Eylul Univesity, İzmir, Turkey. tubademirci87@gmail.com.

Süleyman Yıldırım (S)

Dr. Suat Seren Chest Disease and Surgery Training and Research Hospital, İzmir School of Medicine, University of Health Sciences Turkey, İzmir, Turkey.

A Merih Birlik (AM)

Division of Rheumatology, Faculty of Medicine, Dokuz Eylul Univesity, İzmir, Turkey.

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