Aile Hekimliği Polikliniğine Başvuran Hastaların Geleneksel ve Tamamlayıcı Tıp Uygulamaları Hakkında Bilgi ve Davranışları

Abstract

Objective: To determine the knowledge and behaviors of the patients applying to family medicine clinic in a rural area about traditional and complementary medicine (TCM) applications. Methods: This is a descriptive cross-sectional study. A 13-question survey, created by the researchers, was applied to the participants. The research was carried out in a family medicine clinic in B. district of A. province. Volunteers 18 years and above who agreed to participate in the study were included. For statistical analysis of the data, Shapiro-Wilk, Mann-Whitney U and Chi-square tests were applied using SPSS program. Results: A total of 256 individuals volunteered to participate in the study. The mean age was 58.8±15.0 years. Of the participants, 52% (n=133) were female and 48% (n=123) were male. The most common TCM methods known by the participants were leech (70.3%; n=180), cupping (54.7%; n=140) and acupuncture (50%; n=128). While the most frequent source of information on this subject was media (64%; n=146), the rarest information source was the doctor (11.8%, n=27). Of the participants, 14.8% (n=38) had any TCM treatment method before. The most common TCM methods they had were cupping (7%; n=18), leech (3.5%; n=9) and acupuncture (3.5%; n = 9). Of those who had TCM application, 60.5% (n=23) had this treatment done at home environment. Conclusion: TCM methods are interested, becoming more and more popular practices in the world. These practices are recognized by the Ministry of Health and have relevant regulation on this issue. Despite these regulations, it is worrisome that the public chooses the media to reach the right information about TCM and that the place where they have done this application most often is the home environment. It will be beneficial to organize educations and publications by the Ministry of Health on this issue. In addition, healthcare professionals should be more actively involved in training and implementation.

Investigation of the use of traditional and complementary medicine and non-medical practices in individuals with neuromusculoskeletal problems

“…In recent studies in our country, the frequency of use of TCM was found to vary between 14.8% and 59.1% [11,12,13,14,15]. In patients who applied to the physical therapy outpatient clinic, this rate was found to be 32.1% and 35.5% in two different studies [16,17].…”

“…This may be due to having knowledge about different practices as the level of education increases [16,19]. The increase in the use of TCM with the increase in the level of education is found in different studies [11,14]. On the other hand, there are also studies stating that using TCM or non-medical practices as the rst choice and preferring these practices more are not related to education level [5,12,13,15].…”

The Examination of the Use of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicine and Practices by Turkish Citizens and Syrians Under Temporary Protection

“…In the researches, it is seen that the participants mostly know the bloodletting and cupping therapy. However, in the researches, it was determined that the participants knew the least mesotherapy, prolotherapy and homeopathy therapy 21,22 . In this study, it was seen that the participants were mostly known for bloodletting cupping and herbal medicine therapy, however, mesotherapy, prolotherapy and homeopathy was the least known.…”

Evaluation of Attitudes and Behaviors of Individuals Over the Age of 18 About Traditional and Complementary Medicine Methods: A Cross-Sectional Study

“…Daha önce yapılan çalışmalarda da en sık başvurulan yöntemlerin başında kupa, fitoterapi, sülük yöntemleri gelmektedir. 20,21 Buna karşın, tıp fakültesi öğrencileri ile yapılan bir çalışmada en sık başvurulan yöntemin akupunktur olduğu, kupa yönteminin ikinci sıklıkta başvurulan yöntem olduğu, sülük uygulamasının ise hiç kullanılmadığı görülm- üştür. 22 Malezya'da yapılan bir çalışmada, akupunktur ve homeopatinin diğer yöntemlerden daha fazla kullanıldığı görülmüştür.…”