Table 3 Association of income, educational status and gender with knowledge of herbal medicines
Association of Demographic with Knowledge | Not sure | No | Yes | p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Herbal medicines can prevent all diseases | Income (SAR) | < 5000 | 68 (21.4) | 158 (49.7) | 92 (28.9) | < 0.001** |
5000-10,000 | 24 (30.8) | 26 (33.3) | 28 (35.9) | |||
> 10,000 | 0 (0.0) | 2 (15.4) | 11 (84.6) | |||
| Â | Total | 92 | 186 | 131 | Â | |
Herbal medicines are preferred because of less side effects | Educational Status | None | 7 (36.8) | 6 (31.6) | 6 (31.6) | 0.016* |
Primary School | 19 (30.2) | 25 (39.7) | 19 (30.2) | |||
Secondary School | 34 (22.8) | 61 (40.9) | 54 (36.2) | |||
College | 23 (39.7) | 22 (37.9) | 13 (22.4) | |||
University | 34 (28.3) | 29 (24.2) | 57 (47.5) | |||
| Â | Total | 117 | 143 | 149 | Â | |
Overuse of herbal medicines can cause adverse effects | Educational Status | None | 9 (47.4) | 6 (31.6) | 4 (21.1) | 0.047* |
Primary School | 24 (38.1) | 19 (30.2) | 20 (31.7) | |||
Secondary School | 45 (30.2) | 49 (32.9) | 55 (36.9) | |||
College | 18 (31.0) | 11 (19.0) | 29 (50.0) | |||
University | 33 (27.5) | 26 (21.7) | 61 (50.8) | |||
| Â | Total | 129 | 111 | 169 | Â | |
Herbal medicines don’t need consultation with doctors | Gender | Male | 70 (26.7) | 101 (38.5) | 91 (34.7) | 0.034* |
Female | 54 (36.7) | 58 (39.5) | 35 (23.8) | |||
| Â | Total | 124 | 159 | 126 | Â | |