Complementary and alternative medicine usage and its determinant factors among Iranian infertile couples

Dehghan, Mahlagha; Mokhtarabadi, Sima; Heidari, Fatemeh

doi:10.1515/jcim-2017-0138

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“…But this rate was lower in our study. Some differences between studies are due to various methods used and different studied disorders as well as the knowledge level in this era among Iranian patients [24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36].…”

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Alternative Medicine’ Complaints Lodged to the Tehran Forensic Medicine Organization From 2011 to 2017

Hadi

Divshaly

Azimy

et al. 2020

Int J Med Toxicol Forensic Med

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Background: Complementary and alternative medicine is a non-conventional therapy and includes a wide range of medical treatments in different countries. This study was done to evaluate alternative medicine complaints lodged to the Tehran Forensic Medicine Organization from 2011-2017.Methods: In this cross-sectional study, all documented complaints of complementary medicine lodged to the Tehran Forensic Medicine Organization from 2011-2017 were reviewed and assessed with retrospective follow-up. The inclusion criterion was complaints from complementary and alternative medicine, and the exclusion criterion was incomplete data. The study data included patients’ demographic data, the therapist, the specialty of the therapist, type of disease, treatment method, adverse effects, the initial and final decision by the commission, and the amount of medical error. This information was extracted from the existing documents and recoded in the checklists.Results: Medical errors were found in 53.4% of the complaints examined. The most common cause of complaint (63%) was the adverse effects, of which the most common ones were phytotherapy (45.2%) and cupping (Hijama) (20.5%). The error was significantly different between physician and non-physician healers (P=0.001).Conclusion: Based on this study, among the alternative medicine complaints lodged to the Tehran Forensic Medicine Organization from 2011-2017, the adverse effects were the main problem of complementary therapies confirmed in more than half of the complaints.

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Alternative Medicine’ Complaints Lodged to the Tehran Forensic Medicine Organization From 2011 to 2017

Hadi

Divshaly

Azimy

et al. 2020

Int J Med Toxicol Forensic Med

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“…Yurt içi ve yurt dışı çalışmalar incelendiğinde, TAT kullanım oranının %30-%85 arasında olduğu tespit edilmiştir. (6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16)(17)(18) (14) yaptıkları çalışmada, kadınların vitaminler ve bitkisel tedavileri kullandıkları saptanmıştır. Kashani ve ark.…”

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“…(5)(6)(7)(8) Yapılan çalışmalarda, infertil bireylerin TAT'a başvurma nedenleri incelendiğinde,TAT uygulamalarına güven duyma, tedavi başarısını artırma,modern tedavilerden sonuç alamama,tavsiye edilme gibi durumlar olduğu bildirilmiştir. (3,8,9) İnfertilite tedavi süreci bireyler açısından stres ve anksiyete yaratan bir süreçtir bu süreçte tedaviye inanması ve kendine güvenmesi tedaviyi olumlu yönde etkileyecektir. TAT yöntemlerinin birçoğunda kişinin uygulamaya büyük oranda katılıyor olması veya bunları tamamen kendi kontrolünde gerçekleştiriyor olması, bireylerin kendine güvenmesine, stres ve anksiyetesinin azalmasına, tedaviye inanmasını ve tedaviye katılımının artırmasına katkı sağlayacağı düşünülmektedir.Aynı zamanda bu yöntemleri kullanma durumunda infertil bireylerle birebir iletişimde bulunan hemşirelere büyük sorumluluklar düşmektedir.…”

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Determining Complementary and Alternative Therapies Used in Women’s Infertility Treatment

Emül¹,

Yılmaz²,

Buldum³

2020

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INTRODUCTION: This descriptive study aimed to determine the complementary and alternative therapies used by women for infertility treatment. METHODS: The sample of the study comprised 102 infertile women admitted to the out patient reproductive clinic of a university hospital between November 2017 and May 2018. Data were obtained by using a personal information form prepared by the researchers and consisting of questions that ask for the kinds of complementary and alternative treatments that infertile women have used and by using the “Complementary and Alternative Medicine Approaches Scale.” The data were evaluated by using SPSS for Windows 20.0 package program using number, percentage, mean, standard deviation, chi-square test and Student’s t-test. The statistical significance level was accepted as p<.05. RESULTS: It was determined that 59.7% of the women included in the study were between the ages of 31–40 and 38.2% were university graduates. Of the women, 58.8% worked, 69.6% had income equivalent to expenses and 79.4% had a nuclear family structure. In the study, 61.8% of women used complementary or alternative treatments. Of them, 87.3% prayed, 86.2% went to neighbors, 68.6% performed ritual prayers, 45.1% turned to cognitive behavioral approaches. Furthermore, 61.8% of the women consumed honey,56.9% carob,53.9% garlic, and 45.1% omega capsules were used as nutritional treatments. It was found that 33.3% of the women who could not have children naturally used manipulative and energy approaches such as rubbing their wrists with cologne, 16.4% performed cupping, and 11.9% went to bioenergy specialists. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION: It is very important to know the complementary and alternative treatments used by infertile women wanting to have children. It is very important for nurses to know whether their patients’ use of complementary and alternative therapies and what methods they use, and to prevent the occurrence of side effects in the difficult and long process of treatment. Inline with the results of this research, it is recommended that qualitative studies on complementary and integrated practices be conducted and that midwives and nurses receive training for complementary and integrated practices.

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“…Previously, (Cole & Shanley, 1998) stated that massage is a therapeutic, complementary method in terms of nurses' enhancing professional roles. Recently, (Dehghan, Mokhtarabadi, Heidari, & Medicine, 2018;Ghaedi, Dehghan, Salari, Sheikhrabori, & medicine, 2017) stated that the massage therapy as a type of complementary therapy can be used in palliative management.…”

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Effect of Abdominal Massage on Gastrointestinal Complications and Intra-Abdominal Pressure of Critical-Enteral-Feed Patients: A Randomized Control Trial

2019

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Background: critically ill patient need a nursing practice that can enhance him to get all benefits of enteral feeding and overlapping the GI complications and maintain the intra-abdominal pressure.Objective: This work aimed to explore the effect of abdominal massage on gastrointestinal complications and intra-abdominal pressure of critical-enteral-feed patients. Methods: A randomized controlled trial was applied on 74 eligibly enteral-fed patients at Trauma and General ICUs. Of these, the trail was completed on sixty patients who distributed randomly to equal intervention and control groups. The manipulation was two times for 15mins of abdominal massage for five days. The effect was measured on enteral feeding complications (GRV, abdominal circumference and distention, vomiting) and intra-abdominal pressure as compared with control group who didn't receive the massage.Results: the GRV difference between the massage group and control group subjects was statistically significant (P<0.001) in the 3 rd , 4 th , and 5 th days indicating higher GRV among control group. The abdominal circumference between the five days was not significantly in the two groups. The difference between the two groups in relation to the distension was statistically significant (p < 0.05) in day 3, 4 and5. None of intervention patients were vomited along the study period (5days) in compared to 5% of control patients without statistical significant. Conclusions: The abdominal massage was significantly effective in lowering GRV, preventing distension and avoiding vomiting. Besides, the abdominal massage maintained the IAP without any statistical significant support. Therefore, it is recommended that this practice can be applied as a caring procedure in the daily ICU care program.

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Complementary and alternative medicine usage and its determinant factors among Iranian infertile couples

Cited by 38 publications

References 28 publications

Alternative Medicine’ Complaints Lodged to the Tehran Forensic Medicine Organization From 2011 to 2017

Alternative Medicine’ Complaints Lodged to the Tehran Forensic Medicine Organization From 2011 to 2017

Determining Complementary and Alternative Therapies Used in Women’s Infertility Treatment

Effect of Abdominal Massage on Gastrointestinal Complications and Intra-Abdominal Pressure of Critical-Enteral-Feed Patients: A Randomized Control Trial

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