Socio-culture and Health Problem Factors on Traditional Medicine Use among Indonesian Adult: A Cross-sectional Analysis from National Survey

Abstract

Traditional medicines utilization has been significantly increased over the past years. Knowledge on traditional medicine use and its influencing socio-culture and health problem factors especially among generationally-related group in Indonesia is still limited. This study aimed to determine the prevalence and the association socio-culture and health problems factors and traditional medicine use among adults which were middle-aged (millennial) and elder-adult (generation X) in Indonesia while controlling other covariates. of traditional medicine use among This cross-sectional study used the data from the Indonesia Family Life Survey wave 5 (2014): a cross-sectional national population survey. This national survey used a multistage stratified random sampling to select the respondents to response to a structured questionnaire interview. There were 10,325 adults passed our inclusion criteria for the analysis. The adult who was born between1960 to 1982 was called the Gen X, whereas the Millennia is for those who were born between 1983 and 2000. A multivariable logistic regression was used to identify the association. Among 10,325 respondents, 78.42 % were millennial while 21.58 % were generation x or older adults.  Less than a quarter of the respondents used traditional medicine (13.37 %; 95% CI: 12.73-14.04). The factor significantly associated with traditional medicine used among Indonesian adults were; be Gen X (adj. OR = 1.24, 95%CI= 1.08 -1.43), female (adj.OR1.27, 95%CI: 1.13 to 1.43, p<0.001) Islamic (adj. OR = 1.91, 95%CI= 1.47 -2.36), married (adj. OR = 1.64, 95%CI= 1.44 -1.87),lived in urban area (adj. OR = 1.48, 95%CI= 1.31-1.68). Other covariate were unhealthy (adj.OR: 1.36, 95% CI: 1.18-1.1.58), experienced headache (adj.OR: 1.50, 95% CI: 1.31-1.47),  experienced stomachache (adj.OR: 1.28, 95% CI: 1.12-.47), and experienced fever (adj.OR: 1.30, 95% CI: 1.15- 1.47). Sociocultural and age group as well as health problems were associated with traditional medicine use.