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Nutraceutical Use among Patients with Chronic Disease Attending Outpatient Clinics in a Tertiary Hospital
Joint Authors
Mahmood, Nor Akila
Hassan, Mohd Rohaizat
Ahmad, Saharuddin
Mohd Nawi, Haniff
Pang, Nicholas Tze Ping
Syed Abdul Rahim, Syed Sharizman
Jeffree, Mohammad Saffree
Source
Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Issue
Vol. 2020, Issue 2020 (31 Dec. 2020), pp.1-9, 9 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2020-11-11
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
9
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Food-drug interphase products, referring to nutraceuticals in this study, are a category of health products containing a combination of food ingredients with active substances for oral consumption.
Many of these products are marketed as an alternative to prescription medicine to treat various ailments despite the lack of scientific evidence, influencing patients with chronic diseases to consume nutraceutical products.
This study aimed to determine the prevalence and factors associated with knowledge, attitude, and practice of nutraceutical use among patients with chronic disease attending to the outpatient clinic.
This is a cross-sectional study involving patients with chronic disease at the outpatient specialist clinic.
Samples were recruited from the outpatient clinic using convenience sampling.
Data was collected using a self-administered questionnaire, which was self-constructed and validated.
We found that the use of nutraceuticals was prevalent among 17.9% of respondents.
More than half (60.9%) of the respondents have poor knowledge of nutraceutical and 53.1% of respondents have a positive attitude towards nutraceutical.
Gender and morbidities were the factors associated with the practice of nutraceutical usage.
Female patients are more likely to have increased use of nutraceutical than male patients and patients with multiple morbidities have higher odds of using nutraceutical than patients with single morbidities.
There is a high number of patients who consume nutraceutical products and public knowledge of nutraceutical needs to be improved further.
The government should develop appropriate regulation and monitoring of nutraceutical products.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Mahmood, Nor Akila& Hassan, Mohd Rohaizat& Ahmad, Saharuddin& Mohd Nawi, Haniff& Pang, Nicholas Tze Ping& Syed Abdul Rahim, Syed Sharizman…[et al.]. 2020. Nutraceutical Use among Patients with Chronic Disease Attending Outpatient Clinics in a Tertiary Hospital. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine،Vol. 2020, no. 2020, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1158749
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Mahmood, Nor Akila…[et al.]. Nutraceutical Use among Patients with Chronic Disease Attending Outpatient Clinics in a Tertiary Hospital. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine No. 2020 (2020), pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1158749
American Medical Association (AMA)
Mahmood, Nor Akila& Hassan, Mohd Rohaizat& Ahmad, Saharuddin& Mohd Nawi, Haniff& Pang, Nicholas Tze Ping& Syed Abdul Rahim, Syed Sharizman…[et al.]. Nutraceutical Use among Patients with Chronic Disease Attending Outpatient Clinics in a Tertiary Hospital. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2020. Vol. 2020, no. 2020, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1158749
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1158749