Cultural Perception of Pain and Methods Used in Coping with Pain During Menstruation İn Turkey

Abstract

Menstruation is a natural process, and pain, an unpleasant symptom, negatively affects quality of life. The aim of this study is to determine women's cultural perception of pain during menstruation, traditional and complementary medicinal practices used to cope with the pain, and pain beliefs. This study has a cross-sectional design. The sample of the study consisted of 892 women For data collection a questionnaire created by the researchers after literature review and the Pain Beliefs Questionnaire were used. 71.9% of the participants used traditional methods to reduce menstrual pain. Factors that affected the pain beliefs score were education level, health insurance status, longest region of residence, frequency of pain during menstruation, using painkillers, using traditional methods and factors causing pain (p<0.05). A statistically significant positive correlation was found between the total score on the Pain Beliefs Questionnaire, mean score of organic beliefs and psychological beliefs sub-dimensions (p<0.05). Women use traditional and complementary medicine practices more frequently than pharmacological practices in coping with menstrual pain. The Psychological Pain Belief scores of women who practiced traditional and complementary medicine to deal with menstrual pain were high and significant.

Keywords

• menstural pain
• women
• culture
• traditional methods
• complementary medicine.

Kültürel Olarak Ağrıyı Algılama ve Menstürasyon Dönemde Ağrıyla Baş Etmede Kullanılan Yöntemler: Türkiye Örneği

Abstract

Mensturasyon doğal bir süreç olup, bu dönemin rahatsız edici semptomlarından biri olan ağrı, yaşam kalitesini olumsuz etkilemektedir. Bu çalışmanın amacı mensturasyon döneminde kadınların kültürel olarak ağrıyı algılama biçimlerini, yaşadıkları ağrıyla baş etmede kullandıkları geleneksel ve tamamlayıcı tıp uygulamalarını ve ağrı inançlarını belirlemektir. Bu kesitsel bir çalışmadır. Araştırmanın örneklemini 892 kadın oluşturdu. Demografik veriler ve menstural dönemde yaşanan ağrıyla baş etmede kullanılan yöntemleri belirmeye yönelik Kişisel Bilgi Formu ve Ağrı İnançları Ölçeği kullanılarak veriler toplandı. Ağrıyı azaltmada %71,9’unun geleneksel yöntemler kullandığı belirlendi. Ağrı inanç puanını etkileyen faktörler; eğitim düzeyi, sağlık sigortası durumu, en uzun yaşanılan bölge, adet döneminde ağrı sıklığı, ağrı kesici kullanımı, geleneksel yöntem kullanımı ve ağrıya neden olan faktörlerdi (p<0,05). Ağrı İnançları Ölçeği toplam puanı ile organik inançlar alt boyutu puan ortalamaları ve psikolojik inançlar alt boyutları arasında istatistiksel olarak anlamlı pozitif korelasyon bulunmuştur(p<0,05). Kadınlar adet ağrısıyla baş etmede farmakolojik uygulamalara göre geleneksel ve tamamlayıcı tıp uygulamalarını daha sık kullanmaktadırlar. Adet ağrısıyla başa çıkmak için geleneksel ve tamamlayıcı tıp uygulayan kadınların psikolojik ağrı inanç puanları yüksek ve anlamlı bulundu.

Keywords

• adet ağrısı
• kadın
• kültür
• geleneksel yöntemler
• tamamlayıcı tıp

Supporting Institution

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Ethical Statement

In line with the standards for national ethics rules, ethics committee approval was obtained from the ethics committee of a university (Number: KAEK-348, Date: 26 May 2021). Before data was collected, a written informed consent was obtained from the participants after the purpose of the research in accordance with the Helsinki Declaration was explained. Also, participants were informed about the fact that their participation is voluntary, and their answers will be kept confidential and evaluated only as scientific data.

Thanks

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