EXPERIÊNCIA DE ADULTOS COM PRÁTICAS DE (AUTO)CUIDADOS (NÃO) CONVENCIONAIS DE SAÚDE EM PORTUGAL PANDÉMICO
Introduction: Before the COVID-19 pandemic, research had shown high (and variable) prevalences of the use of Complementary and/or Alternative Medicine (CAM; eg., 70%), in adults and children, dependent, neverthless, on the type of practice. Objective: To characterize adults’ experience with conventi...
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| description | Introduction: Before the COVID-19 pandemic, research had shown high (and variable) prevalences of the use of Complementary and/or Alternative Medicine (CAM; eg., 70%), in adults and children, dependent, neverthless, on the type of practice. Objective: To characterize adults’ experience with conventional and non-conventional health (self-)care practices during the COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal. Method: After obtaining the necessary authorizations, between 1/10-27/11/2021, a total of 104 adults living in Portugal answered to a Google Forms questionnaire on health (self-)care practices. Results: As for the last time the participants performed any health (self-)care practice: - 47,6% evaluated the results they obtained as good and 14.3% as very good; - 59.5% were satisfied with that practice; - 27.1% considered it a non-conventional practice and 20% were not sure. In terms of health (self-)care practices: 65.2% reported using conventional and non-conventional practices. Among those who have ever used any non-conventional practice: - 50% did it using a professional and 33.9% by themselves and using a professional; - 48.4% use it rarely; - 17.9% started using it more frequently since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic; - 93.8% had never done it against the recommendation of a (conventional) health professional. Since the beginning of the pandemic: 11.2% had at least one appointment with a non-conventional health professional; and 4.1% had more appointments with non-conventional health professionals than with conventional health professionals. Regarding negative experiences with non-conventional practices, 89.7% never had any. Conclusions: Since: (a) participants were mostly satisfied with their last health (self-)care practice/its results, predominantly a conventional practice, even though the majority use both types of practices; (b) when using non-conventional practices, only a minority use it by themselves and the majority with some frequency; (c) its (generally rational) use did not increase considerably with the pandemic; and (d) few negative experiences were reported, these preliminary results are not alarming. Nevertheless, they do suggest a need to increase health care professionals’, non-conventional users’ and non-users’ knowledge about these practices to ensure patients’ safety. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2a4dd2884d634131963ee541ddf0477b2023-04-04T12:07:45ZengTUBITAKSağlık Akademisi Kastamonu2548-10102022-10-017Special Issue18118210.25279/sak.1138772501EXPERIÊNCIA DE ADULTOS COM PRÁTICAS DE (AUTO)CUIDADOS (NÃO) CONVENCIONAIS DE SAÚDE EM PORTUGAL PANDÉMICOMaria Cristina MiyazakiAnna Rita GiovagnoliRute F. MenesesIntroduction: Before the COVID-19 pandemic, research had shown high (and variable) prevalences of the use of Complementary and/or Alternative Medicine (CAM; eg., 70%), in adults and children, dependent, neverthless, on the type of practice. Objective: To characterize adults’ experience with conventional and non-conventional health (self-)care practices during the COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal. Method: After obtaining the necessary authorizations, between 1/10-27/11/2021, a total of 104 adults living in Portugal answered to a Google Forms questionnaire on health (self-)care practices. Results: As for the last time the participants performed any health (self-)care practice: - 47,6% evaluated the results they obtained as good and 14.3% as very good; - 59.5% were satisfied with that practice; - 27.1% considered it a non-conventional practice and 20% were not sure. In terms of health (self-)care practices: 65.2% reported using conventional and non-conventional practices. Among those who have ever used any non-conventional practice: - 50% did it using a professional and 33.9% by themselves and using a professional; - 48.4% use it rarely; - 17.9% started using it more frequently since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic; - 93.8% had never done it against the recommendation of a (conventional) health professional. Since the beginning of the pandemic: 11.2% had at least one appointment with a non-conventional health professional; and 4.1% had more appointments with non-conventional health professionals than with conventional health professionals. Regarding negative experiences with non-conventional practices, 89.7% never had any. Conclusions: Since: (a) participants were mostly satisfied with their last health (self-)care practice/its results, predominantly a conventional practice, even though the majority use both types of practices; (b) when using non-conventional practices, only a minority use it by themselves and the majority with some frequency; (c) its (generally rational) use did not increase considerably with the pandemic; and (d) few negative experiences were reported, these preliminary results are not alarming. Nevertheless, they do suggest a need to increase health care professionals’, non-conventional users’ and non-users’ knowledge about these practices to ensure patients’ safety.https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/2518685alternative therapiesdelivery of health careself-carehealth knowledge, attitudes, practiceterapias alternativascuidados de saúdeautocuidadoconhecimentosatitudes e prática em saúdeconhecimentos, atitudes e prática em saúde |
| spellingShingle | Maria Cristina Miyazaki Anna Rita Giovagnoli Rute F. Meneses EXPERIÊNCIA DE ADULTOS COM PRÁTICAS DE (AUTO)CUIDADOS (NÃO) CONVENCIONAIS DE SAÚDE EM PORTUGAL PANDÉMICO Sağlık Akademisi Kastamonu alternative therapies delivery of health care self-care health knowledge, attitudes, practice terapias alternativas cuidados de saúde autocuidado conhecimentos atitudes e prática em saúde conhecimentos, atitudes e prática em saúde |
| title | EXPERIÊNCIA DE ADULTOS COM PRÁTICAS DE (AUTO)CUIDADOS (NÃO) CONVENCIONAIS DE SAÚDE EM PORTUGAL PANDÉMICO |
| title_full | EXPERIÊNCIA DE ADULTOS COM PRÁTICAS DE (AUTO)CUIDADOS (NÃO) CONVENCIONAIS DE SAÚDE EM PORTUGAL PANDÉMICO |
| title_fullStr | EXPERIÊNCIA DE ADULTOS COM PRÁTICAS DE (AUTO)CUIDADOS (NÃO) CONVENCIONAIS DE SAÚDE EM PORTUGAL PANDÉMICO |
| title_full_unstemmed | EXPERIÊNCIA DE ADULTOS COM PRÁTICAS DE (AUTO)CUIDADOS (NÃO) CONVENCIONAIS DE SAÚDE EM PORTUGAL PANDÉMICO |
| title_short | EXPERIÊNCIA DE ADULTOS COM PRÁTICAS DE (AUTO)CUIDADOS (NÃO) CONVENCIONAIS DE SAÚDE EM PORTUGAL PANDÉMICO |
| title_sort | experiencia de adultos com praticas de auto cuidados nao convencionais de saude em portugal pandemico |
| topic | alternative therapies delivery of health care self-care health knowledge, attitudes, practice terapias alternativas cuidados de saúde autocuidado conhecimentos atitudes e prática em saúde conhecimentos, atitudes e prática em saúde |
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