Scientific article

Letter

English

Non-pharmacological home remedies used by primary care patients

ContributorsWinkler, Neria E.

; Haller, Dagmar M.

; Maisonneuve, Hubert

; Home Remedies Research Collaboration

CollaboratorsMoussa, Mohamed Amir

; Borsatti, Mégane

Published inEuropean journal of internal medicine, vol. 120, p. 122-124

Publication date2024-02-02

First online date2023-11-03

Abstract

Highlights

High prevalence (67 %) of routine use of home remedies in primary care patients.

Cooling agents for bruises and burns among most commonly used home remedies.

Top 10 home remedies considered effective by about 90 % of users.

Upper respiratory tract infections and burns among most commonly self-treated health problems.

Keywords

Complementary and alternative medicine
Home remedy
Integrative medicine
Non-pharmacological treatment
Primary care
Self-care

Affiliation entities

Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de santé et médecine communautaires / Institut de médecine de premier recours / Institut universitaire de médecine de famille et de l'enfance

Research groups

Médecine interne générale et pédiatrie ambulatoires (968)

Citation (ISO format)

WINKLER, Neria E. et al. Non-pharmacological home remedies used by primary care patients. In: European journal of internal medicine, 2024, vol. 120, p. 122–124. doi: 10.1016/j.ejim.2023.10.001

Article (Published version)

Identifiers

PID : unige:175721
DOI : 10.1016/j.ejim.2023.10.001
PMID : 37925352

Additional URL for this publicationhttps://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0953620523003497

Journal ISSN0953-6205

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