Determinants, Prevalence and Trend of Use of Medicinal Plants Among People Living with HIV: A Cross-Sectional Survey in Dschang, Cameroon

Determinants, Prevalence and Trend of Use of Medicinal Plants Among People Living with HIV: A Cross-Sectional Survey in Dschang, Cameroon

People living with HIV (PLHIV) in Cameroon often seek care from traditional health practitioners (THPs) and use medicinal plants (MP). Most MP, however, still lacks evidence for their efficacy and safety, and their use, often undisclosed to referring physicians, may interfere with standard therapies...

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Published in:AIDS and behavior Vol. 23; no. 8; pp. 2088 - 2100
Main Authors: Mabou Tagne, Alex, Biapa Nya, Prosper Cabral, Tiotsia Tsapi, Armand, Edingue Essoh, Annick Kevin, Pembouong, Gynette, Ngouadjeu Ngnintedem, Michael Alliance, Marino, Franca, Cosentino, Marco
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: New York Springer US 01-08-2019
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:
Cross-sectional studies
Drugs
Epidemiology
Ethnomedicine
Folk medicine
Health behavior
Health Psychology
Health services
Herbal medicine
HIV
Human immunodeficiency virus
Infectious Diseases
Medical personnel
Medicinal plants
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Original Paper
Physicians
Public Health
Surveys
Trends
User satisfaction
Cameroon
Medicinal plants
HIV/AIDS
Dschang Cameroon
Prevalence
Ethnobotanical survey
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Summary:People living with HIV (PLHIV) in Cameroon often seek care from traditional health practitioners (THPs) and use medicinal plants (MP). Most MP, however, still lacks evidence for their efficacy and safety, and their use, often undisclosed to referring physicians, may interfere with standard therapies. Therefore, we conducted a survey of 247 PLHIV in Dschang to assess the determinants, prevalence and trend of MP use. Besides, we surveyed 16 THPs about the use of MP in PLHIV and HIV-related knowledge. 54.9% PLHIV declared using in total 70 plants, 91.3% users were satisfied with MP, and unwanted effects were reported in 2 cases. MP users were less educated than nonusers, had longer disease duration and were more often unemployed. Only 3 THPs used MP in PLHIV, and most of them had insufficient knowledge of HIV. Results may be useful for education on HIV and integration of traditional medicines with conventional therapeutics.
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ISSN:1090-7165
1573-3254
DOI:10.1007/s10461-018-02388-2