Table 2.

Knowledge of study participants about traditional medicines in the communities of Debre Tabor Town, North Central Ethiopia, 2018.

Variables	Attributes	Number	Percent
Have you ever heard of TM?	Yes	327	81.3
	No	75	18.7
Are traditional medicines accessible with affordable cost in the community?	Yes	280	69.7
	No	122	30.3
Is health education about risks and benefits of TMs important?	Yes	352	87.6
	No	50	12.4
Are nonsterile TMs harmful when given by injection?	Yes	325	80.8
	No	77	19.2
Are traditional medicines more effective and safer than modern health services?	Yes	127	31.6
	No	275	68.4
Do traditional medicines produce less adverse effect compared to MM?	Yes	306	76.1
	No	96	23.9
Overall knowledge of participants	Good knowledge	322	80.1
	Poor knowledge	80	19.9

TM = traditional medicine and MM = modern medicine. From the total of 402 study participants, 158 (39.3%) of the participants had good attitude about traditional medicines (see Table 3).