Abstract
Introduction: Many patients with chronic diseases often use the
traditional medicine approach in addition to conventional medicine. The
aim of this study was to evaluate the epidemiological factors of
patients with dermatologcal conditions referring to traditional Persian
Medicine (TPM) clinic.
Materials and Methods: In this cross-sectional study, we
reviewed all the patients’ medical documents with dermatological
conditions referred to the TPM clinic at Shiraz, Southern Iran in 2018.
Then, the epidemiological factors of the patients were recorded to a
researcher-made data collection form. SPSS software version 22 was
conducted to data analysis.
Results: Overall, 631 patients consist of 151 (23.9%) male
individuals and 580 (76.1%) female individuals were enrolled to the
study. Most of the patients were aged between 31 and 40 years, and 347
(55%) patients were married, and most of them were housewives. The
frequency of patients in spring was higher than other seasons.
Furthermore, the most of the patients were university educated. Acne,
eczema and hair loss were the three most complaints of the patients
referring to the traditional medicine clinic. 301(47.7%) patients
reported gastrointestinal problems as another complaint concomitant with
their skin problems.