نوع مقاله : اصیل پژوهشی
نویسندگان
1 مربی گروه آموزش بهداشت و ارتقاء سلامت، دانشکده بهداشت، دانشگاه علوم پزشکی خراسان شمالی، بجنورد، ایران. دانشجوی دکترای تخصصی آموزش بهداشت و ارتقاء سلامت، دانشکده بهداشت، دانشگاه علوم پزشکی تهران، تهران، ایران.
2 دانشجوی دکترای تخصصی اپیدمیولوژی، دانشکده بهداشت، دانشگاه علوم پزشکی ایران، تهران، ایران.
3 کارشناس بهداشت عمومی، دانشکده بهداشت، دانشگاه علوم پزشکی خراسان شمالی، بجنورد، ایران
4 دانشجوی دکترای تخصصی اقتصاد مدیریت دارو، دانشکده داروسازی، دانشگاه علوم پزشکی تهران، تهران، ایران.
5 استادیار گروه آموزش بهداشت و ارتقاء سلامت، دانشکده بهداشت، دانشگاه علوم پزشکی خراسان شمالی، بجنورد، ایران.
6 استادیار گروه طب سنتی، دانشکده طب سنتی، دانشگاه علوم پزشکی تهران، تهران، ایران.
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کلیدواژهها
عنوان مقاله [English]
نویسندگان [English]
Introduction: Pregnant women use medicinal herbs for different reasons, and there is a belief that medicinal herbs are safe and without side effects, while medicinal herbs have side effects or drug interactions for the mother. Therefore, this study was performed with aim to evaluate the prevalence of medicinal herbs consumption in pregnant women referring to Bojnurd health care centers.
Methods: This descriptive-analytical study was conducted on 350 pregnant women referring to Bojnurd health care centers in 2015. Data about the type of herbs, the cause of consumption, knowledge and practice of people about the use of herbs were collected by a questionnaire. Data was analyzed SPSS software (version 20) and t-test and Chi-square test. P<0.05 was considered significant.
Results: 222 (63.40%) of pregnant women had used medicinal herbs. The most common reason was common cold and the most used medicinal herbal was mint. 117 (53.40%) of the participants had obtained the information from the family and 139 (62.90%) had provided the medicinal herbs from the medicinal herb shops (Attari). There was a statistically significant relationship between the use of medicinal herbs and husband's occupation and education (p<0.05).
Conclusion: Due to the high consumption rate of medicinal herbs by pregnant women in Bojnurd, and also the fact that this area is rich in medicinal herbs; it is necessary that pregnant women be more trained and aware about medicinal herbs by Health care providers.
کلیدواژهها [English]
Rajabzadeh, R., Hamid Hoseini, S., Rezazadeh, J., Baghban, A., Nasiri, M., Hosein Ayati, M. Prevalence of Anemia and its Related Factors in Pregnant Women referring to health centers of Mane and Samalghan city. The Iranian Journal of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Infertility, 2015; 18(171): 1-7.