Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Understanding, Attitude and Usage Among Turkish Health Sciences and Medical Students
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Aims: Although many studies conducted have revealed the
effectiveness of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), as much as the
modern medicine, CAMs today are generally being used in the light of
conventional habits rather than the scientific background. The aim of
the present study is to evaluate medical students’ attitudes towards, and use
of traditional treatment that will be able to recommend or discredit this
method of treatment to people in the future.
Materials and Methods: This descriptive study has been conducted with 268
male and 369 female students. Questionnaire
about students’ attitude towards and use of complementary and alternative
medicine (CAM) has been completed and analyzed by statistical software.
Results: The frequency of the CAM usage among students who participated in the
study was found as 37%. The most well-known methods are religious
practices/prayer (16.0%), massage (11.8%), cupping (5.0%) and hydrotherapy/spa
practices. The most commonly used CAM methods were found as religious practices/prayer
(32.3%), massage (27.5%), use of vitamin (24%) and herbal remedies (21.4%). The
most common reason for using these methods was determined as “relaxation”
(35%).The acupressure (86.8%), chiropractic (86.5%) and Ayurveda (79.9%) are
the CAM methods that students have never had information before.
Conclusion: Our results suggested that the students are interested
in CAM methods but it has been determined that although they use the method,
they don’t have knowledge about it. It
has been thought that eliminating students’ lack of knowledge is an important
issue for proper use of the CAM methods and informing the society properly.
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Ayrıntılar
Birincil Dil
İngilizce
Konular
Sağlık Kurumları Yönetimi
Bölüm
Araştırma Makalesi
Yazarlar
Songul Doganay
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Türkiye
Derya Güzel
Türkiye
Deniz Öztürk
Bu kişi benim
Türkiye
Ayhan Tanyeli
Türkiye
Yayımlanma Tarihi
12 Nisan 2018
Gönderilme Tarihi
12 Şubat 2017
Kabul Tarihi
31 Ekim 2017
Yayımlandığı Sayı
Yıl 2018 Cilt: 8 Sayı: 1
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