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Anne Olabilme: Iğdır’ın Melekli Kasabasındaki Kadınların Kısırlıkla Baş Etmede Geleneksel Uygulamaları

Year 2022, Issue: 13, 17 - 30, 10.06.2022
https://doi.org/10.46250/kulturder.1092467

Abstract

Numerous traditional methods are used in the treatment of infertility around the world. The study of aim is to investigate the knowledge and experience of traditional methods by women to find solutions to infertility in Melekli Town in Iğdır. The research is a descriptive and cross-sectional study. The minimum sample size of the study was determined according to the formula of the incidence of the event in cases with a known population. The research was carried out with 214 women using face-to-face interview method in a town in the easternmost part of Turkey. The data were collected with a pen and ended questions form during the home visits to determine the socio-demographic characteristics of the women and their knowledge and experiences about the methods. The interviews lasted between 30-45 minutes. Of the responding women, 85% had known traditional practice, and 9.3% had tried traditional methods. The traditional methods known by women to get pregnant were sitting on the vapor, intravaginal applications, vaginal application through the pad, applying heat in the abdominal area, drinking a mixture, wrapping the pelvic area. Having children is significantly affected the use of traditional practices (P < 0.05). Almost all the women participating in the study stated that they knew the traditional method to have children, and very few of them applied the traditional methods they knew to have children.

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  • Günay, Osman and others (2005). "Modern and Traditional Practices of Turkish Infertile Couples”. The European Journal of Contraception & Reproductive Health Care, 10(2): 105-110.
  • Liamputtong, Pranee & Benza, Sandra (2019). "Being able to bear a Child: Insights from Zimbabwean Women in Melbourne”. Women and Birth, 32(2): e216-e222.
  • Naab, Florence and others (2013). “Psychosocial Health of Infertile Ghanaian Women and Their Infertility Beliefs." Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 45(2): 132-140.
  • Nahar, Papreen & Richters, Annemiek (2011). "Suffering of Childless Women in Bangladesh: The Intersection of Social Identities of Gender and Class”. Anthropology & Medicine, 18(3): 327-338.
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  • Onat, Güliz & Kızılkaya Beji, Nezihe (2012). "Marital Relationship and Quality of Life among Couples with Infertility”. Sexuality and Disability, 30(1): 39-52.
  • Öncül, Kürşat (2011). Kuzeydoğu Anadolu Bölgesi Halk Hekimliği (Kars-Iğdır). Kars: Kafkas Üniversitesi THUAM Yayınları.
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  • Yakut İpekoğlu, Hilal & Oral, Hilmi Baha (2019). "Infertilitede Kullanılan Geleneksel Tedavi Yöntemleri ve Çeşitli Uygulamalar: Isparta Bölgesi”. Motif Akademi Halkbilimi Dergisi, 12(25): 105-119.
  • Yalçın, Hatice & Koçak, Nurcan (2013). "Anne Adaylarına Verilen Eğitimin Gebelik, Doğum ve Lohusalığa İlişkin Geleneksel Uygulamalara Etkisi”. Journal of Clinical Obstetrics & Gynecology, 23(1): 1-14.
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Being able to be Mother: Traditional Practices of Women in Coping with Infertility in Melekli Town of Iğdır

Year 2022, Issue: 13, 17 - 30, 10.06.2022
https://doi.org/10.46250/kulturder.1092467

Abstract

Dünyada infertilite tedavisinde çok sayıda geleneksel yöntem kullanılmaktadır. Bu çalışmanın amacı, Iğdır Melekli kasabasında yaşayan kadınların infertiliteye çözüm bulmak için kadınların geleneksel yöntemlerle ilgili bilgi ve deneyimlerini araştırmaktır. Araştırma tanımlayıcı ve kesitsel bir çalışmadır. Araştırmanın minimum örneklem büyüklüğü, popülasyonu bilinen olgularda olayın görülme sıklığı formülüne göre belirlenmiştir. Araştırma Türkiye’nin en doğusundaki yer alan Iğdır’ın Melekli kasabasında yüz yüze görüşme yöntemi kullanılarak 214 kadınla gerçekleştirilmiştir. Veriler, ev ziyaretleri sırasında kadınların sosyo-demografik özellikleri ve yöntemlere ilişkin bilgi ve deneyimlerini belirlemek için açık ve kapalı uçlu sorulardan oluşan form ile toplanmıştır. Görüşmeler 30-45 dakika arasında sürmüştür. Yanıt veren kadınların %85’i çocuk sahibi olabilmek için geleneksel yöntemleri bildiklerini ve %9,3’ü ise gebe kalmak için geleneksel yöntemleri denediğini belirtmiştir. Kadınların gebe kalmak için sıklıkla bildikleri geleneksel yöntemler; buhar üzerine oturma, doğrudan vajen içine yapılan uygulamalar, ped aracılığıyla yapılan vajinal uygulamalar, karın bölgesine ısı uygulama, karışım içme, pelvik bölgeyi sarma şeklindedir. Çocuk sahibi olmak için geleneksel uygulamaların kullanımını önemli ölçüde etkilemektedir (P<0.05). Çalışmaya katılan kadınların neredeyse tamamı çocuk sahibi olabilmek için geleneksel yöntemleri bildiğini ve çok az kısmı ise çocuk sahibi olmak için bildikleri geleneksel yöntemleri uyguladığını belirtmiştir.

References

  • Akyüz, Aygül and others (2013). “Studying the Effect of Infertility on Marital Violence in Turkish Women”. Int J Fertil Steril, 6(4): 286.
  • Albayrak, Evrim & Günay, Osman (2007). “State and Trait Anxiety Levels of Childless Women in Kayseri, Turkey”. Eur J Contracept Reprod Health Care, 12(4): 385-390.
  • Alpar, Celal (2010). Spor Sağlık ve Eğitim Bilimlerinden Örneklerle Uygulamalı İstatistik ve Geçerlik Güvenirlik. Ankara: Detay Yayıncılık.
  • Ayaz, Sultan & Efe, Y. Şengül (2010). “Traditional Practices Used by Infertile Women in Turkey”. ‎ Int Nurs Rev, 57(3): 383-387.
  • Bardaweel, Sanaa and others (2013). “Complementary and Alternative Medicine Utilization by a Sample of Infertile Couples in Jordan for Infertility Treatment, Clinics-based Survey”. BMC Complement Altern Med, 13(1): 35.
  • Chachamovich, Juliana R. and others (2009). "Congruence of Quality of Life among Infertile Men and Women: Findings from a Couple-based Study." Human Reproduction, 24(9): 2151-2157.
  • Coşkun, Nilgün (2011). "Mersin’de Doğumla İlgili Âdetlerin Halk Hekimliği Yönünden İncelenmesi”. Mersin Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Lokman Hekim Tıp Tarihi ve Folklorik Tıp Dergisi, 1(3): 1-12.
  • El Kissi, Yousri and others (2013). "General Psychopathology, Anxiety, Depression and Self-esteem in Couples Undergoing Infertility Treatment: A Comparative Study between Men and Women”. European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, 167(2): 185-189.
  • Fido, Abdullahi & Zahid, M. Ajmal (2004). “Coping with Infertility among Kuwaiti Women: Cultural Perspectives”. International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 50(4): 294-300.
  • Fledderjohann, Jasmine J. (2012). "Zero is not good for me: Implications of Infertility in Ghana”. Human Reproduction, 27(5): 1383-1390.
  • Günay, Osman and others (2005). "Modern and Traditional Practices of Turkish Infertile Couples”. The European Journal of Contraception & Reproductive Health Care, 10(2): 105-110.
  • Liamputtong, Pranee & Benza, Sandra (2019). "Being able to bear a Child: Insights from Zimbabwean Women in Melbourne”. Women and Birth, 32(2): e216-e222.
  • Naab, Florence and others (2013). “Psychosocial Health of Infertile Ghanaian Women and Their Infertility Beliefs." Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 45(2): 132-140.
  • Nahar, Papreen & Richters, Annemiek (2011). "Suffering of Childless Women in Bangladesh: The Intersection of Social Identities of Gender and Class”. Anthropology & Medicine, 18(3): 327-338.
  • Nahar, Papreen & van der Geest, Sjaak (2014). “How Women in Bangladesh Confront the Stigma of Childlessness: Agency, Resilience, and Resistance”. Medical Anthropology Quarterly, 28(3): 381-398.
  • Nazik, Evsen and others (2005). "Traditional Practices of Turkish Infertile Women: An Example from a Rural County”. Collegium Antropologicum, 39(1): 21-25.
  • Onat, Güliz & Kızılkaya Beji, Nezihe (2012). "Marital Relationship and Quality of Life among Couples with Infertility”. Sexuality and Disability, 30(1): 39-52.
  • Öncül, Kürşat (2011). Kuzeydoğu Anadolu Bölgesi Halk Hekimliği (Kars-Iğdır). Kars: Kafkas Üniversitesi THUAM Yayınları.
  • Ried, Karin & Alfred, Ann (2013). “Quality of Life, Coping Strategies and Support Needs of Women Seeking Traditional Chinese Medicine for Infertility and Viable Pregnancy in Australia: A Mixed Methods Approach." BMC Women's Health, 13(1): 1-11.
  • Sela, Keren and others (2011). “Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal Treatment for Women Undergoing Intrauterine Insemination”. European Journal of Integrative Medicine, 3(2): e77-e81.
  • Shannon, Jack and others (2010). "Usage of Herbal Medications in Patients Undergoing IVF Treatment in an Irish Infertility Treatment Unit." Irish journal of Medical Science, 179(1): 63-65.
  • Sis Çelik, Aslı & Kırca Nurcan (2018). “İnfertil Kadınların Uyguladıkları Tamamlayıcı ve Destekleyici Bakım Uygulamaları”. Anadolu Hemşirelik ve Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi, 21(3): 178-188.
  • Tabong, P. Teg-Nefaah & Adongo, P. Baba (2013). "Understanding the Social Meaning of Infertility and Childbearing: A Qualitative Study of the Perception of Childbearing and Childlessness in Northern Ghana”. PloS One, 8(1): e54429.
  • Taşçı, Emel and others (2008). "İnfertil Kadınlarda Evlilik Uyumu”. Türk Jinekoloji ve Obstetrik Derneği Dergisi, 5(2): 105-110.
  • Telefo, P. B. and others (2011). "Ethnopharmacological Survey of Plants Used for the Treatment of Female Infertility in Baham, Cameroon”. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 136(1): 178-187.
  • Timur Taşhan, Sermin & Aksoy Derya, Yeşim (2013). "Traditional Practices Used by the Infertile Women to Become Pregnant and Their Effects on the Quality of Life”. International Journal of Nursing Practice, 19(5): 516-522.
  • Yakut İpekoğlu, Hilal & Oral, Hilmi Baha (2019). "Infertilitede Kullanılan Geleneksel Tedavi Yöntemleri ve Çeşitli Uygulamalar: Isparta Bölgesi”. Motif Akademi Halkbilimi Dergisi, 12(25): 105-119.
  • Yalçın, Hatice & Koçak, Nurcan (2013). "Anne Adaylarına Verilen Eğitimin Gebelik, Doğum ve Lohusalığa İlişkin Geleneksel Uygulamalara Etkisi”. Journal of Clinical Obstetrics & Gynecology, 23(1): 1-14.
  • Yıldızhan, Recep and others (2009). "Domestic Violence Against Infertile Women in a Turkish Setting." International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics, 104(2): 110-112.
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Primary Language English
Subjects Cultural Studies
Journal Section Research Articles
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Şahika Şimşek Çetinkaya 0000-0002-4518-5286

Kafiye Eroğlu 0000-0002-8177-7211

Publication Date June 10, 2022
Published in Issue Year 2022 Issue: 13

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APA Şimşek Çetinkaya, Ş., & Eroğlu, K. (2022). Being able to be Mother: Traditional Practices of Women in Coping with Infertility in Melekli Town of Iğdır. Kültür Araştırmaları Dergisi(13), 17-30. https://doi.org/10.46250/kulturder.1092467
AMA Şimşek Çetinkaya Ş, Eroğlu K. Being able to be Mother: Traditional Practices of Women in Coping with Infertility in Melekli Town of Iğdır. KAD. June 2022;(13):17-30. doi:10.46250/kulturder.1092467
Chicago Şimşek Çetinkaya, Şahika, and Kafiye Eroğlu. “Being Able to Be Mother: Traditional Practices of Women in Coping With Infertility in Melekli Town of Iğdır”. Kültür Araştırmaları Dergisi, no. 13 (June 2022): 17-30. https://doi.org/10.46250/kulturder.1092467.
EndNote Şimşek Çetinkaya Ş, Eroğlu K (June 1, 2022) Being able to be Mother: Traditional Practices of Women in Coping with Infertility in Melekli Town of Iğdır. Kültür Araştırmaları Dergisi 13 17–30.
IEEE Ş. Şimşek Çetinkaya and K. Eroğlu, “Being able to be Mother: Traditional Practices of Women in Coping with Infertility in Melekli Town of Iğdır”, KAD, no. 13, pp. 17–30, June 2022, doi: 10.46250/kulturder.1092467.
ISNAD Şimşek Çetinkaya, Şahika - Eroğlu, Kafiye. “Being Able to Be Mother: Traditional Practices of Women in Coping With Infertility in Melekli Town of Iğdır”. Kültür Araştırmaları Dergisi 13 (June 2022), 17-30. https://doi.org/10.46250/kulturder.1092467.
JAMA Şimşek Çetinkaya Ş, Eroğlu K. Being able to be Mother: Traditional Practices of Women in Coping with Infertility in Melekli Town of Iğdır. KAD. 2022;:17–30.
MLA Şimşek Çetinkaya, Şahika and Kafiye Eroğlu. “Being Able to Be Mother: Traditional Practices of Women in Coping With Infertility in Melekli Town of Iğdır”. Kültür Araştırmaları Dergisi, no. 13, 2022, pp. 17-30, doi:10.46250/kulturder.1092467.
Vancouver Şimşek Çetinkaya Ş, Eroğlu K. Being able to be Mother: Traditional Practices of Women in Coping with Infertility in Melekli Town of Iğdır. KAD. 2022(13):17-30.