TY - JOUR AU - Alqathama, Aljawharah AU - Alluhiabi, Ghadeer AU - Baghdadi, Halah AU - Aljahani, Lujain AU - Khan, Ola AU - Jabal, Sara AU - Makkawi, Shorooq AU - Alhomoud, Farah PY - 2020 DA - 2020/02/28 TI - Herbal medicine from the perspective of type II diabetic patients and physicians: what is the relationship? JO - BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies SP - 65 VL - 20 IS - 1 AB - Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a major public health problem and one of the most challenging diseases worldwide. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has the second highest rate of diabetes in the Middle East and seventh highest globally. Some diabetic patients may prefer to use alternative approaches such as herbal remedies to control their blood glucose level and this study aims to assess the prevalence of herbal usage and to evaluate users’ and doctors’ knowledge, attitudes and beliefs about herbal medicine as well as the patient/doctor relationship in this regard. SN - 2662-7671 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12906-020-2854-4 DO - 10.1186/s12906-020-2854-4 ID - Alqathama2020 ER -