Herbal Product Use in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease

Bicen C., Erdem E., Kaya C., Karataş A., Elver O., Akpolat T.

TURKISH NEPHROLOGY DIALYSIS AND TRANSPLANTATION JOURNAL, cilt.21, sa.2, ss.136-140, 2012 (ESCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 21 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2012
  • Doi Numarası: 10.5262/tndt.2012.1002.06
  • Dergi Adı: TURKISH NEPHROLOGY DIALYSIS AND TRANSPLANTATION JOURNAL
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.136-140
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Chronic kidney disease, Herbal product, Alternative medicine
  • Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

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.