The mediating role of attitude in analyzing the factors affecting the tendency of rural women to use medicinal plants during the COVID-19 outbreak
Subject Areas : Agricultural Extension and Education Research
1 - عضو هیات علمی/دانشگاه پیام نور
2 - Undergraduate student in Agricultural Economics, Payame Noor University
Keywords: Tendency to use medicinal plants, Corona anxiety, Attitude on medicinal plants, COVID 19,
Abstract :
Since the onset of the, researchers have introduced various medicines as candidates for treatment or prevention, the effects of which are still questionable. In the meantime, medicinal plants as a product derived from nature was reported as one of the most popular options in the world, the effects of which are still being studied and tested. This subject led this study to investigate the mediating role of attitude in the relation of independent variables and the tendency to use medicinal plants among the population of rural women of Zanjan province. The study using survey method and questionnaire as tool which its validity and reliability were confirmed, collected data in accordance with health protocols. Sampling conducted using multi stage cluster sampling and the number of samples was determined using Cochran's formula equal to 272 people. The results indicated that economic and social variables, characteristics of medicinal plants, and knowledge had a positive and significant effect on attitude and attitude as a mediator was able to explain 55% of the changes in the tendency to use medicinal plants. Further, Corona anxiety directly played a significant role in explaining the tendency to use herbs, but in the indirect model it did not have a significant effect on attitude.
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