Herbal Product Use in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease
TURKISH NEPHROLOGY DIALYSIS AND TRANSPLANTATION JOURNAL, vol.21, no.2, pp.136-140, 2012 (ESCI, Scopus, TRDizin)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 21 Issue: 2
- Publication Date: 2012
- Doi Number: 10.5262/tndt.2012.1002.06
- Journal Name: TURKISH NEPHROLOGY DIALYSIS AND TRANSPLANTATION JOURNAL
- Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
- Page Numbers: pp.136-140
- Keywords: Chronic kidney disease, Herbal product, Alternative medicine
- Ondokuz Mayıs University Affiliated: Yes
Abstract
OBJECTIVE : Recently, despite the developments in diagnosis and treatment of diseases, herbal product use in patients with chronic diseases has become more frequent. The aim of our study was to investigate the frequency of herbal medicine use in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), used products, source of information, whether they were giving information to their clinicians about this subject and cost of used products.