Arunaz Kumar, Mahbub Sarkar, Elizabeth Davis, Julia Morphet, Stephen Maloney, Dragan Ilic, Claire Palermo
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on teaching and learning in health professional education: a mixed methods study protocol
BMC medical education
many patients may tempted use nonpharmacological home remedies nphrs relieve various complaints best knowledge little data characteristics patients using nphrs crosssectional study carried march 2020 july 2021 examined sociodemographic factors underlying use patient populations switzerland france using official registries randomly selected 50 primary care physicians pcps geneva switzerland lyongrenoble france seven research assistants consecutively recruited patients pcp waiting rooms 2025 patients per practice patients completed paperbased questionnaire assessing use yesno 304 nphrs 79 medical conditions nphr list developed team input 97 patients used univariable multivariable logistic regressions adjusting intracluster correlations examine associations nphr use patient characteristics gender age practice location nationality education level selfrated health 1198 eligible patients 1012 agreed participate 85 overall 635 patients 63 reported using least one remedies tested study multivariable analysis women 17 95ci 1323 pvalue 0001 younger patients 40 years 21 95ci 1629 pvalue 0001 french patients 16 95ci 1123 pvalue 0001 tended use nphrs often patients many patients particularly women young people french patients reported using nphrs surveys findings hold potential inform healthcare providers policymakers researchers diverse preferences shape patients healthcare choices