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- Title
Usage de la phytothérapie chez des patients consultant à l'hôpital.
- Authors
Dupont, Romain; Chauffour-Ader, Claire; Ferro-Collados, Marie-Josée; Bicart-See, Alain; El-Babili, Fatiha
- Abstract
Almost everything opposed today allopathy from alternative and complementary medicine. On one side a high technicity, and on the other an holistic approach of health. We evaluated phytotherapy use in our outpatients, while this practice is quite never covered during our consultations. Four hospital practitioners, algologist, addictologist, infectiologist and internist, and a botanist built a questionnaire which was distributed for 2 months to outpatients. On 442 questionnaires distributed, 336 were analyzed. Seventy percent of patients used an alternative and complementary medicine. Phytotherapy was the most frequent, cited by 204 patients (86 % of alternative and complementary medicine). Phytotherapy concerned all patients. In 90 % in algology where it could be prescribed, and from 50 to 70% among other specialists. It was most often used by women, managers. Prescriptions came in half from a therapist (regulated or not) and in half from a family member. Plants came mainly from a pharmacy or an organic store. Eleven plants accounted for 60% quotes. Plants were mainly used to addressed general or functional symptoms (fatigue, sleep, anxiety, digestion, cold, cough). Effectiveness evaluated by patients was 7/10. Safety of phytotherapy was good with 6% of side effects; there was no severe side effects. Phytotherapy use, perceived as effective by most of the patients, is common among hospital outpatients, and should be taken into consideration to improve overall patient care.
- Subjects
ALTERNATIVE medicine; PHYTOTHERAPY; OUTPATIENTS; ALGOLOGISTS; DRUGSTORES
- Publication
Médecine, 2023, Vol 19, Issue 5, p234
- ISSN
1777-2044
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1684/med.2023.878