Complementary and Alternative Treatment Approaches Used to Manage the Menoposal Symptoms

Abstract

One of the most important periods of women in their lives, which has an important place in society, is the menopause period. In this period, vasomotor, psychosocial and physical changes due to the decrease in estrogen level cause women to have some problems. Increasing the time spent in the menopausal period and the negative effects of the menopausal health problems on the quality of life of the woman make the treatment inevitable. Many women turn to complementary and alternative therapies (CAM) due to the side effects of pharmacological treatments. It has been observed that women use many CAM methods in coping with menopausal symptoms, exercise, yoga, acupuncture, massage, herbal treatments etc. and there are different study results showing the effect of these methods. Therefore, this review was conducted to evaluate the complementary and alternative treatment methods used to cope with the symptoms seen during the menopause.

Keywords

• : Coping Methods,Complementary and Alternative Treatment,Menopause,Symptom

Menopozal Semptomlar ile Başetmede Kullanılan Tamamlayıcı ve Alternatif Tedavi Yaklaşımları

Öz

Toplumda önemli bir yeri olan kadınların hayatlarındaki en önemli dönemlerinden biri menopozdur. Bu dönemde, östrojen düzeyinin azalmasına bağlı yaşanan vazomotor, psikososyal, fiziksel değişiklikler kadınların bazı sorunlar yaşamasına neden olmaktadır. Menopozal dönemde geçirilen sürenin artması ve menopoza bağlı yaşanan sağlık sorunlarının kadının yaşam kalitesini olumsuz etkilemesi tedaviyi kaçınılmaz kılmaktadır. Birçok kadın farmakolojik tedavilerin yan etkilerinden dolayı tamamlayıcı ve alternatif tedavilere (TAT) yönelmektedir. Kadınların menopozal semptomlarla başetmede egzersiz, yoga, akupunktur, masaj, bitkisel tedaviler vb. birçok TAT yöntemini kullandıkları ve bu yöntemlerin etkisini değerlendiren farklı çalışma sonuçlarının olduğu görülmüştür. Dolayısıyla, bu derleme menopoz döneminde görülen semptomlarla baş etmeye yönelik uygulanan tamamlayıcı ve alternatif tedavi yöntemleri klinik kanıtlar çerçevesinde değerlendirmek amacıyla yürütülmüştür.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Baş etme Yöntemleri,, Menopoz,Semptom,Tamamlayıcı ve Alternatif Tedavi

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