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| Title |
The prevalence of traditional herbal medicine use among hypertensives living in South African communities
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies, February 2013
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| DOI | 10.1186/1472-6882-13-38 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Gail D Hughes, Oluwaseyi M Aboyade, Bobby L Clark, Thandi R Puoane |
| Abstract |
In South Africa, over 6 million people are hypertensive and the burden of disease shows that cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the leading cause of death among adults. Although treatments exist, few people comply or adhere to recommended treatment due to side effects or costs of the drugs, hence the reliance on alternative forms of treatment. Traditional herbal medicines (THM) are used for the management of hypertension but the prevalence of its use among hypertensive patients living in South African communities is not sufficiently known. |
X Demographics
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 50% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 25% |
| Unknown | 1 | 25% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 3 | 75% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 25% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 218 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 2 | <1% |
| Ghana | 1 | <1% |
| Tanzania, United Republic of | 1 | <1% |
| India | 1 | <1% |
| Spain | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 212 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 28 | 13% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 25 | 11% |
| Student > Bachelor | 24 | 11% |
| Researcher | 17 | 8% |
| Lecturer | 14 | 6% |
| Other | 45 | 21% |
| Unknown | 65 | 30% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 67 | 31% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 23 | 11% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 12 | 6% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 10 | 5% |
| Social Sciences | 9 | 4% |
| Other | 25 | 11% |
| Unknown | 72 | 33% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 19 February 2013.
All research outputs
#13,430,633
of 22,796,179 outputs
Outputs from BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies
#1,508
of 3,629 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#103,533
of 192,705 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies
#40
of 67 outputs
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