Attitudes of Infertile Women towards Complementary and Alternative Medicine Methods

dc.contributor.authorSelçuklar, Asya
dc.contributor.authorAkpınar, Cansu
dc.contributor.authorKoyucu, Refika Genç
dc.contributor.authorÖrenli, Cagla
dc.contributor.authorYoncalı, Elif
dc.contributor.authorSayın, İrem
dc.contributor.authorAvcı, Fatma
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-19T14:23:41Z
dc.date.available2024-05-19T14:23:41Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.departmentİstinye Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractObjective: To determine the complementary and alternative medicine practices used by infertile women and to evaluate their attitudes towards these practices. Material-Method: This descriptive and correlational study was carried out between February-May 2022 with 94 infertile women reached by snowball sampling on the online platform. In the collection of data, the “Questionnaire on Complementary and Alternative Medicine Methods” and the Complementary, Alternative and Conventional Medicine Attitude Scale has been used. Results: The mean age of the women participating in the study was 34.48±7.66 years. It was determined that the participants got an average of 109.69±18.81 points from the Complementary, Alternative and Conventional Medicine Attitude Scale. After the diagnosis of infertility, 60.4% of women used any complementary and alternative medicine methods, and among these methods, onion cure (30.2%) as a nutritional supplement, applying honey directly into the vagina (46.4%), going to spas (50.0%), and praying and worshiping (74.7%) were preferred. Conclusion: It was determined that majority of the infertile women use any complementary and alternative medicine method, and their attitudes towards traditional and complementary medicine are moderate level. It is recommended to carry out experimental and evidence-based studies with larger samples in order to determine the benefit/harm status of the applications.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.53811/ijtcmr.1153855
dc.identifier.endpage137en_US
dc.identifier.issn2717-7491
dc.identifier.issue3en_US
dc.identifier.startpage132en_US
dc.identifier.trdizinid1144480en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.53811/ijtcmr.1153855
dc.identifier.urihttps://search.trdizin.gov.tr/yayin/detay/1144480
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12713/4089
dc.identifier.volume3en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakTR-Dizinen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.relation.ispartofInternational journal of traditional and complementary medicine research (Online)en_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Ulusal Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.snmz20240519_kaen_US
dc.titleAttitudes of Infertile Women towards Complementary and Alternative Medicine Methodsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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