INVESTIGATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HEALTH LITERACY AND ATTITUDES TOWARD TRADITIONAL AND COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY
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This study was conducted to determine the relationship between traditional and complementary medicine attitudes and health literacy of nursing students. It is a descriptive cross-sectional study. The sample consisted of 569 nursing students studying at a university in Gaziantep province between May-July 2022. The data obtained from the study were analyzed with SPSS 25.0 package program. Data were collected using the Descriptive Characteristics Form, Traditional and Complementary Medicine Attitude Scale and Health Literacy Scale. Among the students who participated in the study, 27.6% stated that they used a traditional/complementary treatment and 26.9% stated that they benefited from the traditional/complementary treatment they used. It was determined that there was a significant and positive relationship between the traditional and complementary medicine attitude scale scores and health literacy scale scores of the students (p<0.05). As a result of this study, the attitudes of nursing students with high health literacy towards traditional and complementary medicine were also found to be high
Anahtar Kelimeler
Attitude, Health literacy, Nursing students, Traditional and complementary medicine
Etik Beyan
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