EDUCATION LEVEL IS A FACTOR THAT DETERMINES AND AFFECTS THE SUPPORTIVE TREATMENT METHOD IN INFERTILITY
Abstract
ABSTRACT
Objective: İn this study, we planned to investigate the view of community to the supportive treatment methods and use of them according to the educational level.
Material method; it is a cross-sectional survey survey involving 300 patients of different ages, socio-economic levels and demographics who applied to infertility outpatient clinic.
Results; most of the participants were between the ages of 20-30 and the majority of the illiterates had no information on support treatment, but they received the most information from the doctors. We found that as the level of education increases, the level of knowledge increases, and the level of learning from doctors as well as the internet, media and communication tools increases. The use of onion juice, chaste grass, ginger, karabas grass decreased as the level of education increased, while the use of probiotics and aloe-vera increased as the level of education increased proportionally. Manipulative and body-based treatments (massage, etc.), body-mind therapy( hypnosis, relaxation, etc.) as supportive treatment methods were found to increase as the level of education increased proportionally.
Conclusion;We have concluded that infertile patients feel the need to seek support treatments as well as medical treatment, and that, when deciding which treatment to choose, the near environment, relatives are effective in those with low education levels, and the internet and mass media are more used as education levels increase
Keywords
Phytotherapy , education level and herbal treatments , infertility and Phytotherapy,
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