Usage of traditional medicines among elderly and prednisolone contamination

The elderly consume many medications including traditional medicines. In 1986, it was found that 29% of elderly took traditional medicines although in 1996, the National Health Morbidity survey reported a 2.3% prevalence.However,studies from other countries showed much higher percentages. The Minist...

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Main Authors:	Ismail, Zabidah, Mohamed, Rafeezul, Mohd. Hassan, Mohd. Hashim, Wan Su, Kamaruzaman
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Published:	Universiti Sains Malaysia 2005
Subjects:	RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
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spelling	iium-3322011-07-29T08:48:47Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/332/ Usage of traditional medicines among elderly and prednisolone contamination Ismail, Zabidah Mohamed, Rafeezul Mohd. Hassan, Mohd. Hashim Wan Su, Kamaruzaman RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine The elderly consume many medications including traditional medicines. In 1986, it was found that 29% of elderly took traditional medicines although in 1996, the National Health Morbidity survey reported a 2.3% prevalence.However,studies from other countries showed much higher percentages. The Ministry of Health in Malaysia is concerned that some of these preparations maybe contaminated with steroids, antihistamines, hormones and other poisons. The aims of the study were to determine a). the health seeking behaviour of elderly Malays living in rural areas, b). the utilization of both modern and traditional medicines and c).the steroid content of the traditional medicines used. Methodology included interviews using structured questionnaires of elderly Malays living in rural areas of Kelantan, aged above 60 years. Samples of traditional medications ollected were sent to the Pharmacology Department, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, for steroid content analysis using Thin Layer Chromatography. A total of 599 elderly respondents were interviewed comprising 62.4% females and 37.6% males. The 60-69 years cohort group made up 48.7%, followed by 70-79 years at 36.1% and the remainder 15.2% were more than 80 years. There were 82% of elderly taking medicines. The trends of utilization of modern and traditional medicine in the last two weeks among elderly were 59.3% and 40.9% respectively. The utilization of traditional medicine by rural elderly Malays was therefore much higher than that reported in the previous study and nearly similar to that of France and Australian studies. There were 102 samples of traditional medications collected and analysed for steroid content. Results showed that 27.5% were positive for prednisolone, 34.3% positive for unknown steroids (a total of 61.8%) and 38.2% were negative for both steroids. The present study therefore once again confirmed the high usage of traditional medicines where some of which are contaminated with steroids. Universiti Sains Malaysia 2005-07 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/332/1/Usage_of_traditional_medicines_among_elderly..%281%29.pdf Ismail, Zabidah and Mohamed, Rafeezul and Mohd. Hassan, Mohd. Hashim and Wan Su, Kamaruzaman (2005) Usage of traditional medicines among elderly and prednisolone contamination. Malaysian Journal of Medical Sciences , 12 (2). pp. 50-55. ISSN 1394-195X http://www.mjms.usm.my/default.asp?tag=14&kod_volume=15
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description	The elderly consume many medications including traditional medicines. In 1986, it was found that 29% of elderly took traditional medicines although in 1996, the National Health Morbidity survey reported a 2.3% prevalence.However,studies from other countries showed much higher percentages. The Ministry of Health in Malaysia is concerned that some of these preparations maybe contaminated with steroids, antihistamines, hormones and other poisons. The aims of the study were to determine a). the health seeking behaviour of elderly Malays living in rural areas, b). the utilization of both modern and traditional medicines and c).the steroid content of the traditional medicines used. Methodology included interviews using structured questionnaires of elderly Malays living in rural areas of Kelantan, aged above 60 years. Samples of traditional medications ollected were sent to the Pharmacology Department, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, for steroid content analysis using Thin Layer Chromatography. A total of 599 elderly respondents were interviewed comprising 62.4% females and 37.6% males. The 60-69 years cohort group made up 48.7%, followed by 70-79 years at 36.1% and the remainder 15.2% were more than 80 years. There were 82% of elderly taking medicines. The trends of utilization of modern and traditional medicine in the last two weeks among elderly were 59.3% and 40.9% respectively. The utilization of traditional medicine by rural elderly Malays was therefore much higher than that reported in the previous study and nearly similar to that of France and Australian studies. There were 102 samples of traditional medications collected and analysed for steroid content. Results showed that 27.5% were positive for prednisolone, 34.3% positive for unknown steroids (a total of 61.8%) and 38.2% were negative for both steroids. The present study therefore once again confirmed the high usage of traditional medicines where some of which are contaminated with steroids.
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author	Ismail, Zabidah Mohamed, Rafeezul Mohd. Hassan, Mohd. Hashim Wan Su, Kamaruzaman
author_facet	Ismail, Zabidah Mohamed, Rafeezul Mohd. Hassan, Mohd. Hashim Wan Su, Kamaruzaman
author_sort	Ismail, Zabidah
title	Usage of traditional medicines among elderly and prednisolone contamination
title_short	Usage of traditional medicines among elderly and prednisolone contamination
title_full	Usage of traditional medicines among elderly and prednisolone contamination
title_fullStr	Usage of traditional medicines among elderly and prednisolone contamination
title_full_unstemmed	Usage of traditional medicines among elderly and prednisolone contamination
title_sort	usage of traditional medicines among elderly and prednisolone contamination
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Usage of traditional medicines among elderly and prednisolone contamination

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