Ethnomedicinal Knowledge of Plants Used in Nonconventional Medicine in the Management of Diabetes Mellitus in Kinshasa (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Table 4
General characteristics of the subjects consulted.
Class
Category
People with diabetes (n = 126)
Herbalists (n = 80)
TMP (n = 120)
Total % (n = 326)
E
%
E
%
E
%
Age
18–28
3
2.4
6
8
7
5.8
4.9
28–38
21
16.7
6
8
18
15.0
13.8
38–48
7
5.6
12
15
27
22.5
14.1
48–58
35
27.8
41
51
60
50.0
41.7
>58
60
47.6
15
19
8
6.7
25.4
Experience (year)
1–5
10
7.9
14
18
10
8.3
12.9
6–10
15
11.9
7
9
58
48.3
24.5
11–15
20
15.9
40
50
26
21.7
26.4
16–20
78
61.9
8
10
20
16.7
32.5
21–25
3
2.4
11
14
6
5.0
6.1
Profession
Trade
21
16.7
68
85
4
3.3
28.5
Public sector
3
2.4
0
0
5
4.2
2.5
Liberal
57
45.2
12
15
10
8.3
24.2
Housework
45
35.7
0
0
3
2.5
14.7
TMP
0
0.0
0
0
98
81.7
30.1
Gender
Female
84
66.7
64
80
55
45.8
62.3
Male
42
33.3
16
20
65
54.2
37.7
Habitation
Bumbu
15
11.9
16
20
32
26.7
19.3
Kalamu
45
35.7
23
29
29
24.2
29.8
Lemba
11
8.7
10
13
6
5.0
8.3
Limete
25
19.8
10
13
8
6.7
13.2
Makala
30
23.8
21
26
45
37.5
29.4
Level of studies
None
2
1.6
20
25
6
5.0
8.6
Primary
21
16.7
15
19
18
15.0
16.6
Professional
7
5.6
3
4
10
8.3
6.1
Secondary
47
37.3
41
51
66
55.0
47.2
University
49
38.9
1
1
20
16.7
21.5
TMP: practitioner of traditional medicine; experience in the diabetic category is the number of years since the patient was diagnosed with diabetes.
