Use of Herbal Medicine in Internal Medicine Wards

• Sponsor: Shaare Zedek Medical Center (Other)
• Overall Status: Completed
• CT.gov ID: NCT00564473
• Collaborator: (none)
• Enrollment: 200
• Locations: 2
• Duration (Months): 20
• Patients Per Site: 100
• Patients Per Site Per Month: 5

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

Herbs are physiologically active substances which can significantly affect the outcome of medical treatment, either by inhibiting or promoting drug disposition or through additive and synergistic effects when used in conjunction with conventional medications. Herb-drug interactions are potentially dangerous, and may be difficult to predict since regulation of the preparations is often lacking, and patients most often do not report the use of these products to their physicians. The risk for toxic effects and adverse interactions increases among high-risk groups, such as the elderly or patients with renal or hepatic disease. The purpose of this study is to study the prevalence of use of herbal medicine among patients hospitalized in the internal medicine department of an Israeli hospital, as well as examine the effect of herbal remedies on patient health, either beneficial or harmful. For this purpose, a questionnaire evaluating demographic data, medical history (both current and past), use of and attitudes towards herbal medicine will be administered to patients in the Department of Internal Medicine at the Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Israel. The Beck Depression Questionnaire will be used as well.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Herb-drug Interactions	Behavioral: questionnaire

Study Design

• Study Type: Observational
• Anticipated Enrollment: 200 participants
• Time Perspective: Prospective
• Official Title: Use of Herbal Medicine Among Patients Hospitalized in a Department of Internal Medicine: A Cross-Sectional Survey
• Study Start Date: Jun 1, 2008
• Actual Primary Completion Date: Feb 1, 2010
• Actual Study Completion Date: Feb 1, 2010

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/Treatment
A patients hospitalized in the Department of Internal Medicine of the Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.	Behavioral: questionnaire; questionnaire of demographic and medical data, use of and attituded toward herbal medicine. Beck Depression Inventory-Second Edition (BDI-II)- Hebrew Translation

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

1. * prevalence of use of herbal medicine among patients hospitalized in the Department of Internal Medicine at the Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem, Israel. [one year]

Secondary Outcome Measures

1. *prevalence of herb-drug interactions affecting treatment *rates of reporting use of herbal remedies *prevalence of toxic effects of herbal remedies *attitudes toward herbal medicine [one year]

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 Years and Older
• Sexes Eligible for Study: All
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients of either gender

• Age 18 years and older

Exclusion Criteria:

• Neurological deficit or other medical condition precluding responding to the questionnaires.

Contacts and Locations

Locations

	Site	City	State	Country	Postal Code
1	Shaare Zedek Medical Center	Jerusalem		Israel	91031
2	Shaare Zedek Medical Center	Jerusalem		Israel

Sponsors and Collaborators

• Shaare Zedek Medical Center

Investigators

• Principal Investigator: Noah Samuels, MD, Shaare Zedek Medical Center
• Principal Investigator: Shoshanna Zevin, MD, Shaare Zedek Medical Center

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.

• ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00564473
• Other Study ID Numbers: HERB.INTMED.08
• First Posted: Nov 28, 2007
• Last Update Posted: Oct 29, 2010
• Last Verified: Oct 1, 2010

• Keywords provided by , ,: internal medicine; herbal medicine; prevalence; attitudes; herb-drug interaction

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Oct 29, 2010