Table 5 Participants’ acceptability of herbal teas if prescribed in the hospital
From: A cross-sectional survey on the use of herbal tea among Cameroonian adults (18–65 years)
Whole Sample | Hospital | Community | |
|---|---|---|---|
N = 294 | N = 97 | N = 197 | |
Question asked | Responses | ||
n (%) | % | % | |
Can you take herbal teas if prescribed in the hospital | |||
Yes | 266 (90.5) | 97.9 | 86.8 |
Explain your answer | |||
Yes, because I have confidence in doctors/ hospital | 137 (46.6) | 47.4 | 46.2 |
Yes, if the treatment is effective | 57 (19.4) | 15.5 | 21.3 |
Yes, if it is the required treatment for me | 24 (8.2) | 13.4 | 5.6 |
Yes, if it has no side effects | 4 (1.4) | 2.1 | 1.0 |
Yes, if approved by authorities | 4 (1.3) | 2.1 | 1.0 |
Yes, because I know it works better, from experience | 29 (9.8) | 13.4 | 8.1 |
Yes, because I hate tablets and prefer herbal teas | 11 (3.7) | 4.1 | 3.6 |
No, I don't expect herbal teas from the hospital | 12 (4.1) | 2.1 | 5.1 |
No, because it is not their speciality | 4 (1.4) | 0.0 | 2.0 |
No, because herbal teas don't weork for me | 4 (1.4) | 0.0 | 2.0 |
Others | 8 (2.7) | 0.0 | 4.1 |