Turkish Primary Care Patients’ Overviews and Attitudes About Traditional and Complementary Medicine: A Cross-Sectional Study
Aim:Primary care physicians need to be aware of the types of traditional and complementary medicine (TCM) used by patients to be able to guide patients away from harmful approaches and to aim them toward useful or at least seeming benign approaches. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of th...
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| author | Pinar Bilgili Raziye Sule Gumustakim Murat Cevik Duygu Ayhan Baser Adem Doganer Erkut Coskun Ozgur Akbaba Selda Handan Karahan Saper Melahat Akdeniz Ahef Bilim Kurulu |
| author_facet | Pinar Bilgili Raziye Sule Gumustakim Murat Cevik Duygu Ayhan Baser Adem Doganer Erkut Coskun Ozgur Akbaba Selda Handan Karahan Saper Melahat Akdeniz Ahef Bilim Kurulu |
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| description | Aim:Primary care physicians need to be aware of the types of traditional and complementary medicine (TCM) used by patients to be able to guide patients away from harmful approaches and to aim them toward useful or at least seeming benign approaches. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of the usage of TCM methods in Turkey and the level of knowledge and attitudes of applicants about these methods.Methods:The universe of this cross-sectional study consisted of individuals aged 18 and over who applied to the Family Health Centers and agreed to participate in the study in 12 provinces in different regions of Turkey between July and December 2016. The questionnaires were applied to the volunteer participants by the researchers using face-to-face interview techniques. The questionnaire had 25 questions.Results:80.6% of the participants benefited from TCM, and 86.4% stated they believed in the effectiveness of TCM. Women, university graduates of college who had private insurance used TCM (respectively; p=0.031; p=0.004; p=0.000), and women (83.3%) found TCM more useful than men (p=0.005). The most frequent reason for using TCM was “heard that it was useful”.Conclusion:The results of our study indicated that a large portion of Turkish primary care patients use TCM and recommend it to their relatives. Therefore, health policies and academic knowledge should be developed in this sense. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-651063cf060f498b8136f8274ed774de2023-09-27T13:15:53ZengGalenos YayineviHaseki Tıp Bülteni1302-00722147-26882023-09-0161423824610.4274/haseki.galenos.2023.927613049054Turkish Primary Care Patients’ Overviews and Attitudes About Traditional and Complementary Medicine: A Cross-Sectional StudyPinar Bilgili0Raziye Sule Gumustakim1Murat Cevik2Duygu Ayhan Baser3Adem Doganer4Erkut Coskun5Ozgur Akbaba6Selda Handan Karahan Saper7Melahat Akdeniz8Ahef Bilim Kurulu9 Muratpasa No. 19 Guzeloba Family Health Center, Family Medicine, Antalya, Turkey Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University Faculty of Medicine, Family Medicine, Kahramanmaras, Turkey Sokullu Mehmet Pasa Family Health Center, Family Medicine, Ankara, Turkey Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Family Medicine, Ankara, Turkey Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Biostatistics, Kahramanmaras, Turkey Istanbul Ataşehir 12. Family Health Center, Family Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey Family Health Center, Family Medicine, London, United Kingdom Istanbul Kartal Yakacık Family Health Center, Family Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey Akdeniz University Faculty of Medicine, Family Medicine, Antalya, Turkey Ahef Bilim Kurulu, Family Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey Aim:Primary care physicians need to be aware of the types of traditional and complementary medicine (TCM) used by patients to be able to guide patients away from harmful approaches and to aim them toward useful or at least seeming benign approaches. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of the usage of TCM methods in Turkey and the level of knowledge and attitudes of applicants about these methods.Methods:The universe of this cross-sectional study consisted of individuals aged 18 and over who applied to the Family Health Centers and agreed to participate in the study in 12 provinces in different regions of Turkey between July and December 2016. The questionnaires were applied to the volunteer participants by the researchers using face-to-face interview techniques. The questionnaire had 25 questions.Results:80.6% of the participants benefited from TCM, and 86.4% stated they believed in the effectiveness of TCM. Women, university graduates of college who had private insurance used TCM (respectively; p=0.031; p=0.004; p=0.000), and women (83.3%) found TCM more useful than men (p=0.005). The most frequent reason for using TCM was “heard that it was useful”.Conclusion:The results of our study indicated that a large portion of Turkish primary care patients use TCM and recommend it to their relatives. Therefore, health policies and academic knowledge should be developed in this sense. http://www.hasekidergisi.com/archives/archive-detail/article-preview/turkish-primary-care-patients-overviews-and-attitu/62234 complementary alternative medicinefamily health centerattitudeknowledge |
| spellingShingle | Pinar Bilgili Raziye Sule Gumustakim Murat Cevik Duygu Ayhan Baser Adem Doganer Erkut Coskun Ozgur Akbaba Selda Handan Karahan Saper Melahat Akdeniz Ahef Bilim Kurulu Turkish Primary Care Patients’ Overviews and Attitudes About Traditional and Complementary Medicine: A Cross-Sectional Study Haseki Tıp Bülteni complementary alternative medicine family health center attitude knowledge |
| title | Turkish Primary Care Patients’ Overviews and Attitudes About Traditional and Complementary Medicine: A Cross-Sectional Study |
| title_full | Turkish Primary Care Patients’ Overviews and Attitudes About Traditional and Complementary Medicine: A Cross-Sectional Study |
| title_fullStr | Turkish Primary Care Patients’ Overviews and Attitudes About Traditional and Complementary Medicine: A Cross-Sectional Study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Turkish Primary Care Patients’ Overviews and Attitudes About Traditional and Complementary Medicine: A Cross-Sectional Study |
| title_short | Turkish Primary Care Patients’ Overviews and Attitudes About Traditional and Complementary Medicine: A Cross-Sectional Study |
| title_sort | turkish primary care patients overviews and attitudes about traditional and complementary medicine a cross sectional study |
| topic | complementary alternative medicine family health center attitude knowledge |
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