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Complementary and Alternative Treatment Methods Used by Infertile Women in Turkiye: A Cross-Sectional Study

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Complementary and Alternative Treatment Methods Used by Infertile Women in Turkiye: A Cross-Sectional Study

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Objective: This study aims to determine the complementary and alternative therapy (CAM) methods used among infertile women in Turkiye, the prevalence of their use and the factors affecting their use. Method: The sample of the descriptive and cross-sectional study consisted of 142 women who applied to the Assisted Reproductive Treatment Centre of a public hospital and volunteered to participate in the study. The data were collected with "Personal Information Form" and "Complementary and Alternative Medicine Approaches Scale (CAMAS)". Descriptive statistics, Mann-Whitney U, Kruskal Wallis Test were used in the evaluation of the data. Results: While the average age of the women who contributed to the study was found to be 29.77±4.83 years. When the CAM methods used by women are examined, they are mostly prayer (88.0%), prayer (namaz) (78.2%), vow (25.4%), visit to the tomb (24.6%), amulet (20.4%), black pepper (17.6%), ginseng (15.5%), astralagus (13.4%), going to a teacher and having yourself read (13.4%), shark cartilage (13.4%), turtle blood (13.4%), lead casting (4.2%), reiki (2.8%), bioenergy (2.1%) and hypnosis it was determined to be (1.4%). When the mean scores in the CAMAS subscales were examined, it was determined that the highest score was body-mind approaches (40.46±17.37). Conclusion: In line with the research findings, it was determined that the use of CAM was common among infertile women in Turkiye and the most frequently used approaches were spiritual and herbal methods. Health professionals need to evaluate infertile women about their use of CAM methods and inform women about these methods.

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Kadın Araştırmaları

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Araştırma Makalesi

Yayımlanma Tarihi

14 Haziran 2024

Gönderilme Tarihi

31 Ocak 2024

Kabul Tarihi

21 Mayıs 2024

Yayımlandığı Sayı

Yıl 2024 Cilt: 6 Sayı: 1

Kaynak Göster

APA
Bulut, A., Aydın Kartal, Y., Kaya, L., Yılmaz, S., & Yılmaz, M. B. (2024). Complementary and Alternative Treatment Methods Used by Infertile Women in Turkiye: A Cross-Sectional Study. Advances in Women’s Studies, 6(1), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.51621/aws.1429100
AMA
1.Bulut A, Aydın Kartal Y, Kaya L, Yılmaz S, Yılmaz MB. Complementary and Alternative Treatment Methods Used by Infertile Women in Turkiye: A Cross-Sectional Study. Advances in Women’s Studies. 2024;6(1):1-10. doi:10.51621/aws.1429100
Chicago
Bulut, Aleyna, Yasemin Aydın Kartal, Leyla Kaya, Sibel Yılmaz, ve Müşerref Banu Yılmaz. 2024. “Complementary and Alternative Treatment Methods Used by Infertile Women in Turkiye: A Cross-Sectional Study”. Advances in Women’s Studies 6 (1): 1-10. https://doi.org/10.51621/aws.1429100.
EndNote
Bulut A, Aydın Kartal Y, Kaya L, Yılmaz S, Yılmaz MB (01 Haziran 2024) Complementary and Alternative Treatment Methods Used by Infertile Women in Turkiye: A Cross-Sectional Study. Advances in Women’s Studies 6 1 1–10.
IEEE
[1]A. Bulut, Y. Aydın Kartal, L. Kaya, S. Yılmaz, ve M. B. Yılmaz, “Complementary and Alternative Treatment Methods Used by Infertile Women in Turkiye: A Cross-Sectional Study”, Advances in Women’s Studies, c. 6, sy 1, ss. 1–10, Haz. 2024, doi: 10.51621/aws.1429100.
ISNAD
Bulut, Aleyna - Aydın Kartal, Yasemin - Kaya, Leyla - Yılmaz, Sibel - Yılmaz, Müşerref Banu. “Complementary and Alternative Treatment Methods Used by Infertile Women in Turkiye: A Cross-Sectional Study”. Advances in Women’s Studies 6/1 (01 Haziran 2024): 1-10. https://doi.org/10.51621/aws.1429100.
JAMA
1.Bulut A, Aydın Kartal Y, Kaya L, Yılmaz S, Yılmaz MB. Complementary and Alternative Treatment Methods Used by Infertile Women in Turkiye: A Cross-Sectional Study. Advances in Women’s Studies. 2024;6:1–10.
MLA
Bulut, Aleyna, vd. “Complementary and Alternative Treatment Methods Used by Infertile Women in Turkiye: A Cross-Sectional Study”. Advances in Women’s Studies, c. 6, sy 1, Haziran 2024, ss. 1-10, doi:10.51621/aws.1429100.
Vancouver
1.Aleyna Bulut, Yasemin Aydın Kartal, Leyla Kaya, Sibel Yılmaz, Müşerref Banu Yılmaz. Complementary and Alternative Treatment Methods Used by Infertile Women in Turkiye: A Cross-Sectional Study. Advances in Women’s Studies. 01 Haziran 2024;6(1):1-10. doi:10.51621/aws.1429100

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