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EXPERIÊNCIA DE ADULTOS COM PRÁTICAS DE (AUTO)CUIDADOS (NÃO) CONVENCIONAIS DE SAÚDE EM PORTUGAL PANDÉMICO

Year 2022, Volume: 7 Issue: Special Issue, 181 - 182, 31.10.2022
https://doi.org/10.25279/sak.1138772

Abstract

Introduction: Before the COVID-19 pandemic, research had shown high (and variable) prevalences of the use of Complementary and/or Alternative Medicine (CAM; eg., 70%), in adults and children, dependent, neverthless, on the type of practice. Objective: To characterize adults’ experience with conventional and non-conventional health (self-)care practices during the COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal. Method: After obtaining the necessary authorizations, between 1/10-27/11/2021, a total of 104 adults living in Portugal answered to a Google Forms questionnaire on health (self-)care practices. Results: As for the last time the participants performed any health (self-)care practice: - 47,6% evaluated the results they obtained as good and 14.3% as very good; - 59.5% were satisfied with that practice; - 27.1% considered it a non-conventional practice and 20% were not sure. In terms of health (self-)care practices: 65.2% reported using conventional and non-conventional practices. Among those who have ever used any non-conventional practice: - 50% did it using a professional and 33.9% by themselves and using a professional; - 48.4% use it rarely; - 17.9% started using it more frequently since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic; - 93.8% had never done it against the recommendation of a (conventional) health professional. Since the beginning of the pandemic: 11.2% had at least one appointment with a non-conventional health professional; and 4.1% had more appointments with non-conventional health professionals than with conventional health professionals. Regarding negative experiences with non-conventional practices, 89.7% never had any. Conclusions: Since: (a) participants were mostly satisfied with their last health (self-)care practice/its results, predominantly a conventional practice, even though the majority use both types of practices; (b) when using non-conventional practices, only a minority use it by themselves and the majority with some frequency; (c) its (generally rational) use did not increase considerably with the pandemic; and (d) few negative experiences were reported, these preliminary results are not alarming. Nevertheless, they do suggest a need to increase health care professionals’, non-conventional users’ and non-users’ knowledge about these practices to ensure patients’ safety.

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ADULTS EXPERIENCE WITH (NON-)CONVENTIONAL HEALTH (SELF-)CARE PRACTICES IN PANDEMIC PORTUGAL

Year 2022, Volume: 7 Issue: Special Issue, 181 - 182, 31.10.2022
https://doi.org/10.25279/sak.1138772

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Primary Language Turkish
Subjects Traditional, Complementary and Integrative Medicine
Journal Section ACTIVIDADE FÍSICA, DESPORTO E SAÚDE EM SUA RELAÇÃO COM O COVID-19
Authors

Rute F. Meneses This is me

Anna Rita Giovagnoli This is me

Maria Cristina Miyazaki This is me

Early Pub Date March 30, 2022
Publication Date October 31, 2022
Submission Date January 24, 2022
Acceptance Date June 24, 2022
Published in Issue Year 2022 Volume: 7 Issue: Special Issue

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APA Meneses, R. F., Giovagnoli, A. R., & Miyazaki, M. C. (2022). EXPERIÊNCIA DE ADULTOS COM PRÁTICAS DE (AUTO)CUIDADOS (NÃO) CONVENCIONAIS DE SAÚDE EM PORTUGAL PANDÉMICO. Health Academy Kastamonu, 7(Special Issue), 181-182. https://doi.org/10.25279/sak.1138772

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