Table 2 Association between the use of herbal medicines and respondent’s characteristics
Characteristics | Frequency (%) | OR (95% CI) | p-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes | No | Total | ||||
Gender | Male | 93 (35.5) | 169 (64.5) | 262 | 2.17 (1.44–3.27) | < 0.001 |
Female | 80 (54.4) | 67 (45.6) | 147 | |||
Ethnicity | Saudi | 97 (36.6) | 168 (63.4) | 265 | (1.08–1.25) | 0.003 |
Egyptian | 19 (43.2) | 25 (56.8) | 44 | |||
Jordanian | 7 (43.8) | 9 (56.3) | 16 | |||
Pakistani | 11 (61.1) | 7 (38.9) | 18 | |||
Other | 39 (61.9) | 24 (38.1) | 63 | |||
Marital status | Single | 35 (24.5) | 108 (75.5) | 143 | (1.81–1.98) | < 0.001 |
Married | 104 (51.0) | 100 (49.0) | 204 | |||
Widowed | 12 (41.4) | 17 (58.6) | 29 | |||
Divorced | 17 (63.0) | 10 (37.0) | 27 | |||
Separated | 4 (80) | 1 (20) | 5 | |||
Employment status | Employed for wages | 75 (43.4) | 98 (56.6) | 173 | (2.37–2.60) | < 0.001 |
Self employed | 26 (61.9) | 16 (38.1) | 42 | |||
Housewife | 39 (61.9) | 24 (38.1) | 63 | |||
Retired | 14 (34.1) | 27 (65.9) | 41 | |||
Unemployed | 19 (21.1) | 71 (78.9) | 90 | |||
Income (SAR) | < 3000 | 90 (38.5) | 144 (61.5) | 234 | (1.65–1.86) | 0.133 |
3000–4999 | 34 (40.5) | 50 (59.5) | 84 | |||
5000–7999 | 34 (54.0) | 29 (46.0) | 63 | |||
8000–10,000 | 9 (60.0) | 6 (40.0) | 15 | |||
> 10,000 | 6 (46.2) | 7 (53.8) | 13 | |||
Respiratory disease | No | 152 (40.2) | 226 (59.8) | 378 | 3.122 (1.43–6.815) | 0.003 |
Yes | 21 (67.7) | 10 (32.3) | 31 | |||
Diabetes Mellitus | No | 134 (38.6) | 213 (61.4) | 347 | 2.695 (1541–4.713) | < 0.001 |
Yes | 39 (62.9) | 23 (37.1) | 62 | |||
Hypertension | No | 139 (38.3) | 224 (61.7) | 363 | 4.566 (2.287–9.115) | < 0.001 |
Yes | 34 (73.9) | 12 (26.1) | 46 | |||
Heart disease | No | 156 (40.7) | 227 (59.3) | 383 | 2.749 (1.195–6.324) | 0.014 |
Yes | 17 (65.4) | 9 (34.6) | 26 | |||
Kidney disease | No | 162 (41.0) | 233 (59.0) | 39 | 5.274 (1.448–19.201) | 0.005 |
Yes | 11 (78.6) | 3 (21.4) | 14 | |||
Joint disease | No | 154 (40.3) | 228 (59.7) | 382 | 3.515 (1.501–8.235) | 0.002 |
Yes | 19 (70.4) | 8 (29.6) | 27 | |||
No medical problems | No | 88 (59.5) | 60 (40.5) | 148 | 0.329 (0.217–0.5) | < 0.001 |
Yes | 85 (32.6) | 176 (67.4) | 261 | |||
Visit store | None | 31 (14.2) | 187 (85.8) | 218 | (0.63–0.8) | < 0.001 |
1–4 times | 77 (70.0) | 33 (30.0) | 110 | |||
5–10 times | 43 (75.4) | 14 (24.6) | 57 | |||
> 10 times | 22 (91.7) | 2 (8.3) | 24 | |||
Personal health | Excellent | 108 (36.5) | 188 (63.5) | 296 | (4.5–4.65) | 0.003 |
Very good | 36 (53.7) | 31 (46.3) | 67 | |||
Good | 22 (62.9) | 13 (37.1) | 35 | |||
Fair | 5 (62.5) | 3 (37.5) | 8 | |||
Poor | 2 (66.7) | 1 (33.3) | 3 | |||