Abstract
Herbal medicine has been an alternative treatment, instead of modern medicines. However, some of patients could experience adverse drug reaction (ADR) due to the use of herbal medicines. The ADR can decrease patients quality of life (QoL). Objective. This study was aimed to understand the QoL of patients prescribed with herbal medicines. Methods. Patients prescribed with herbal medicines as complementary treatment, in two Public Health Centers of Yogyakarta were recruited. The patients were prescribed with herbal medicines one year before this study was started. Naranjo algorithm was used to identify the ADR. The SF-36 questionnaire was given to the patients as the instrument to measure patients QoL. Results. There were 47 patients participated in this study. Most of the patients are female (62.5%).Ten patients experienced ADR. There are no significant differences between QoL domains in patients experienced ADR and those without ADR. However, the scores of physical function, role physical, general health, social function, role emotional, and mental health in patients without ADR are higher than those with ADR ( p>0.05) . Conclusion. There are no significant differences of QoL between patients with and without ADR. In general, the QoL of patients without ADR is higher than those with ADR.
Highlights
The ‘back to nature’ lifestyle has become widely used in community
In 2012, there was an agreement among the leaders of ASEAN countries to support the traditional treatment, alternative and complementary to be integrated in the health care services system (Anonim, 2013)
The previous study in China, reported that the quality of life (QoL) of patients with Chinese herbal medicine was higher than patients with usual care
Summary
The ‘back to nature’ lifestyle has become widely used in community. Some of the regions in Indonesia want to develop a system related to the development of traditional treatment, alternative and complementary. The previous study in China, reported that the quality of life (QoL) of patients with Chinese herbal medicine was higher than patients with usual care. The significant differences were seen from physical, emotional and functional well-being (Han et al, 2016). Another previous study in Beirut, Lebanon showed that there was 40% of 180 patients using complementary alternative medicine (CAM). In the group of women with ovarian cancer in China, patients who were treated with traditional chinese medicine during chemotherapy did not show significant improvement of QoL, compared to the patients who only treated with chemotherapy (Chan et al, 2011)
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