Awareness and use of home remedies in Italy's alps: a population-based cross-sectional telephone survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Belief in complementary and alternative medicine practices is related to reduced preparedness for vaccination. This study aimed to assess home remedy awareness and use in South Tyrol, where vaccination rates in the coronavirus pandemic were lowest in Italy and differed between German- and Italian-speaking inhabitants.

Methods

A population-based survey was conducted in 2014 and analyzed using descriptive statistics, multiple logistic regression, and latent class analysis.

Results

Of the representative sample of 504 survey respondents, 357 (70.8%) participants (43.0% male; primary language German, 76.5%) reported to use home remedies. Most commonly reported home remedies were teas (48.2%), plants (21.0%), and compresses (19.5%). Participants from rural region

SUBMITTER: Wiedermann W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9650663 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature