Table 1 Patients who nominated specific herbal medicines that they had used in the 4-weeks prior to hospital admission: by ward and gender, Uganda, 2014
Herbal medicine use | Ward and gender | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GYN: Gynaecology, n | IDGI: Infectious Diseases & Gastrointestinal Illnesses, n | HNE: Haematology, Neurology & Endocrinology, n | CPN: Cardiovascular, Pulmonology & Nephrology, n | ||||
Abortion-related + Other admissions | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | |
No declared use in the past four weeks | 61 + 84 = 145 | 145 | 82 | 44 | 33 | 46 | 45 |
Coded yes, but no details | 7 + 5 = 12 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 3 |
Only vague nominations of remedies used | 5 + 3 = 8 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
At least one specific remedy nominated | 11 + 15 = 26 | 39 | 29 | 22 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
Totals | 107 + 84 = 191 | 201 | 119 | 72 | 45 | 70 | 64 |