EVALUATION OF RESORTING TO TRADITIONAL PRACTICES BY ELDERLY PEOPLE DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Year 2022, Volume: 8 Issue: 15, 75 - 83, 27.04.2022

Kazım Baş

https://doi.org/10.48121/jihsam.1074701

Abstract

Background: The coronavirus pandemic has been affected all age groups, especially the elderly people. Individual measures are taken by elderly people to protect aganist to the disease.
Objective: This study aims to determine the status of resorting to traditional practices by elderly people during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Method: This descriptive and cross-sectional study was conducted with 453 elderly individuals residing in a province in eastern Turkey, between May and October 2021. The research data were collected online using a survey form through Google forms. The data obtained were analyzed by numbers and percentiles in the SPSS 24 package program.
Results: Of the elderly individuals with an average age of 72.84±7.76 years, 64.9% had one or more chronic diseases. Of the elderly, 43.0% had health problems during the COVID-19 pandemic, 24.9% was on a diet for protection against COVID-19, 82.7% had life changes, and 63.1% was resorting to herbal methods.
Conclusion: The elderly individuals were observed to resort to traditional practices for protection against the COVID-19.

Keywords

Covid-19, elderly, health, health management, traditional practices

Supporting Institution

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Project Number

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Thanks

Author expresses thanks to elderly people who participated in the study.

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