From: Use of herbal medicinal products among children and adolescents in Germany
Herbal medicinal products | Conventional medicinal products | P* | |||||
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n | % | 95% CIs | n | % | 95% CIs | ||
Total number of drugs | 1,152 | 100 | - | 10,433 | 100 | - | |
Origin | |||||||
Prescribed by doctors | 510 | 44.5 | 41.65-47.39 | 7012 | 67.7 | 66.8-68.6 | .000 |
Bought OTC | 425 | 37.1 | 34.34-39.92 | 2077 | 20.1 | 19.3-20.8 | |
Obtained from other sources | 211 | 18.4 | 16.28-20.77 | 1264 | 12.2 | 11.6-12.9 | |
Missing | 6 | 80 | |||||
Duration of use | |||||||
<1 week | 882 | 77.0 | 74.4-79.3 | 5114 | 49.8 | 48.8-50.8 | .000 |
1-4 weeks | 221 | 19.3 | 17.1-21.7 | 1409 | 13.7 | 13.1-14.4 | |
1-12 months | 25 | 2.2 | 1.5-3.2 | 2022 | 19.7 | 18.9-20.5 | |
1 year or longer | 18 | 1.6 | 1.0-2.5 | 1724 | 16.8 | 16.1-17.5 | |
Missing | 6 | 164 | |||||
Self-rated improvement of conditions treated | |||||||
Greatly | 505 | 46.8 | 43.9-49.8 | 3841 | 55.9 | 54.7-57.0 | .000 |
Partly | 457 | 42.4 | 39.5-45.4 | 2426 | 35.3 | 34.1-36.4 | |
Not much | 80 | 7.4 | 6.0-9.2 | 427 | 6.2 | 5.7-6.8 | |
Not at all | 36 | 3.3 | 2.4-4.6 | 181 | 2.6 | 2.3-3.0 | |
Doesn’t apply** | 39 | 3199 | |||||
Missing | 35 | 359 | |||||
Tolerance of drug use | |||||||
Very good/good | 1,130 | 98.9 | 98.1-99.4 | 10182 | 98.4 | 98.2-98.6 | .163 |
Partly/not tolerated | 12 | 1.1 | 0.6-1.9 | 164 | 1.6 | 1.4-1.8 | |
Missing | 10 | 87 |