Khairunnisa, Abas
(2009)
Survey on knowledge and herbal
intake among patients with elevated
level of hepatic transaminase enzymes
in medical ward HUSM.
Other.
Universiti Sains Malaysia.
(Submitted)
Abstract
The purposes of this study are to determine the knowledge of herbal safety among
patients with elevated level of Hepatic transaminase enzymes, to detennine the type of
herbal taken among patients and to examine the significant difference in alanine
transaminase (AL T) and aspartate transaminase (AST) levels between patients in medical
ward HUSM who take and do not take herbal. The use of traditional medication in
Malaysia has increased from year to year and people now get more attracted to use a
traditional medication like herbs in their health care although, the data about herbal intake
and their safety in Malaysia are still lacking. This study recruited 50 patients as its
respondents from medical ward and clinic in HUSM from July 2008 to March 2009. The
research design used in this study was descriptive cross sectional design. This design was
used to collect quantitative data. Descriptive statistic and non-parametric Mann Whitney
U test were used in this study to analyze the data. The age of respondents are ranging
from 30 years old to 90 years old. From the 50 respondents, (74%, n=50) of them were
taking herbs while (26%, n=50) did not take herbal. From this study, the percentage of
accurate knowledge regarding herbal safety is lower than the percentage of inaccurate
knowledge among the respondent. Therefore, there is no knowledge regarding herbal
safety among the respondents. There are significant difference in AL T and AST between
patient take herbal or not (ALT, p = 0.04, AST, p = 0.02).
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