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Prevalence And Pattern Of Traditional Medical Therapy Utilisation In Kumasi Metropolis And Sekyere South District, Ghana, Razak Mohammed Gyasi, Lawrencia Pokuah Siaw, Charlotte Monica Mensah
Prevalence And Pattern Of Traditional Medical Therapy Utilisation In Kumasi Metropolis And Sekyere South District, Ghana, Razak Mohammed Gyasi, Lawrencia Pokuah Siaw, Charlotte Monica Mensah
Mr. GYASI Razak Mohammed
Ethnopharmacological relevance
Whilst over three-quarters of the world׳s population continues to use traditional medicine (TRM) with an increasing trend globally, limited data exist in the Ashanti Region regarding TRM utilisation. This study espoused a retrospective cross-sectional quantitative approach to examine the prevalence and pattern of TRM use among the general population in the Kumasi Metropolis and Sekyere South District, Ghana.
Materials and methods
A sample of 324, drawn through systematic random sampling was used. The main instrument for data collection was formal face-to-face interviewer-administered questionnaire. Data were analysed using Chi-square and Fisher’s exact tests from the PASW (V.17.0) …