Open AccessFactors associated with the attitude of herbs utilization among diabetes mellitus patients
Author(s) -
Agus Triyono,
Zuraida Zulkarnain,
Widhi Astana,
Danang Ardiyanto,
Fajar Novianto,
Utin Desi Fitriani,
Ulfatun Nisa,
S Saryanto
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
iop conference series. earth and environmental science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1755-1307
pISSN - 1755-1315
DOI - 10.1088/1755-1315/913/1/012094
Subject(s) - medicine , diabetes mellitus , nonprobability sampling , multivariate analysis , traditional medicine , disease , cross sectional study , univariate analysis , family medicine , bivariate analysis , environmental health , population , endocrinology , pathology , statistics , mathematics
The use of herbs for chronic diseases, including diabetes mellitus (DM), has increased. Many factors are associated with the positive attitude of DM patients to the use of herbs, including demographic factors, knowledge of herbs, family support and characteristics of DM disease. The research used a cross sectional study, conducted in Tawangmangu Karanganyar Central Java Indonesia from March to May 2020. Subjects were 170 diabetes mellitus patients, aged 15-60 years who were examined at the Hortus Medicus Clinic or Community Health Center Tawangmangu Karanganyar Central Java Indonesia. The sample used purposive sampling. Data collection using questionnaires distributed to respondents. Data were analyzed univariate, bivariate, and multivariate using SPSS 25. Attitudes towards the use of herbs were associated with high knowledge of herbs (OR=3.78; 95% CI=1.6 - 8.87; p= 0.002), duration of DM disease ≥ 5 years (OR=3.41; 95% CI=1.70 - 8.99; p= 0.001 ), high education (OR=1.26; 95% CI=0.51 - 3.10; p =0.617) and employment status (OR=0.54; 95% CI=0.21 - 1.38; p =0.200). Knowledge of herbs and duration of DM disease were significantly related to the attitudes towards herbalism.