TY - JOUR T1 - Attitudes towards traditional and complementary medicine in nursing students experiencing COVID-19 TT - COVID-19 geçiren hemşirelik öğrencilerinde geleneksel ve tamamlayıcı tıp tutumu AU - Dolu, Sevim AU - Çırak, Kübra AU - Taşan, Nazan AU - Canpolat, Muhammed AU - Korkmaz, Medet PY - 2025 DA - June Y2 - 2025 JF - Sağlık Akademisyenleri Dergisi JO - SagAkaDerg PB - Dünya Kongre WT - DergiPark SN - 2148-7472 SP - 279 EP - 288 VL - 12 IS - 2 LA - en AB - Introduction and Aim: it is essential to know the attitudes and approaches of nursing students, who will be future nurses who will assume a critical role in the health system, towards Conventional and Complementary Medicine (CCM) practices. This study examined the relationship between the CCM attitudes of nursing students who had COVID-19 and how they had COVID-19.Materials and Method: The study was conducted as a descriptive cross-sectional study between October 2022 and May 2023 with nursing students at XXX University, YYY University, and ZZZ University.Results and Conclusion: Of the 357 nursing students participating in the study, 71.1% were female, 97.5% were single, and the mean age was 20.95±2.30 years. 79.6% of the students thought COVID-19 was dangerous, and 89.9% had received the COVID-19 vaccine. In addition, 74.2% of the students had COVID-19 at home without treatment. The evaluation using the Complementary, Alternative, and Conventional Medicine Attitudes Scale (CACMAS) determined that students generally had a positive attitude toward CCM. The mean total score of the scale was 113.00±15.83. It was found that as the age of the students and the duration of COVID-19 disease increased, their dissatisfaction with modern medicine increased. It was determined that nursing students who had COVID-19 had positive attitudes towards CCM and how COVID-19 affected their attitudes. Knowing the attitudes of nursing students, who are the nurses of the future, towards CCM practices will contribute to future studies on CCM practices.references1.Aktas, B .(2017). Attitudes of nursing students toward holistic complementary and alternative medicine. Journal of Academic Research in Nursing, 3(2), 55-9. doi: 10.5222/jaren.2017.0552.Kose, E., Ekerbicer, H., Ç., Erkorkmaz, U. (2018). Complementary, alternative and conventional medicine attitude scale:turkish validity reliability study. Sakarya Medicine Journal, 8(4), 726-36. Doi: https://doi.org/10.31832/smj.4781483.McFadden, K., L., Hernández, T., D., Ito, T., A. (2010). Attitudes toward complementary and alternative medicine influence its use. 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Gereç ve Yöntem: Araştırma, XXX Üniversitesi, YYY Üniversitesi ve ZZZ Üniversitesi'nde öğrenim gören hemşirelik öğrencileri ile Ekim 2022-Mayıs 2023 tarihleri arasında tanımlayıcı kesitsel tipte bir çalışma olarak gerçekleştirilmiştir.Bulgular ve Sonuç: Araştırmaya katılan 357 hemşirelik öğrencisinin %71.1'i kadın, %97.5'i bekâr olup, yaş ortalaması 20.95±2.30'dur. Öğrencilerin %79.6'sı COVID-19'un tehlikeli olduğunu düşünmektedir ve %89.9'u COVID-19 aşısı yaptırmıştır. Ayrıca, öğrencilerin %74.2'si COVID-19'u evde, tedavi almadan geçirmiştir. Geleneksel ve Tamamlayıcı Tıp Tutum Ölçeği (CACMAS) kullanılarak yapılan değerlendirmede, öğrencilerin genel olarak GETAT'a karşı olumlu tutum sergiledikleri belirlenmiştir. Ölçek toplam puan ortalaması 113.00±15.83'tür. Öğrencilerin yaşı ve COVID-19 hastalığını geçirme süreleri arttıkça modern tıptan memnuniyetsizliklerinin arttığı saptanmıştır. 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