Open AccessA qualitative insight on complementary and alternative medicines used by hypertensive patients
Author(s) -
Inas Rifaat Ibrahim,
Mohamed Azmi Hassali,
Fahad Saleem,
Haydar F. Al-Tukmagi
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of pharmacy and bioallied sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.268
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 0976-4879
pISSN - 0975-7406
DOI - 10.4103/0975-7406.199349
Subject(s) - thematic analysis , medicine , alternative medicine , qualitative research , nonprobability sampling , perception , traditional medicine , family medicine , psychology , population , environmental health , social science , pathology , neuroscience , sociology
The self-treatment with complementary and alternative medicines (CAMs) in chronic diseases is portraying an expanding trend worldwide. Yet, little is known concerning patients' motives to use CAM in the control of blood pressure.