Supportive methods used by the individuals with hypertension to decrease blood pressure

Efe, Dilek; Akça, Nazan Kılıç; Kiper, Sibel; Aydın, Gökçen; Gümüş, Kenan

doi:10.5455/spatula.20121114032821

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“…In addition, we found that herbal medicines were merely recommended by professional health care providers (7.9% by physicians, 3.2% by pharmacists). Family and friends or media were the main sources of information as seen in previous studies [ 4 , 7 , 11 , 17 ]. This is another important point, which could lead to negative outcomes in the treatment.…”

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Herbal medicine use among Turkish patients with chronic diseases

Tulunay¹,

Aypak²,

Yıkılkan³

et al. 2015

J Intercult Ethnopharmacol

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Aim:Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is commonly used all over the world, and herbal medicines are the most preferred ways of CAM. The aim of this study was to determine the frequency of herbal medicine use among patients with chronic diseases.Methodology:A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted from April 2014 to December 2014 among patients who had been diagnosed with diabetes mellitus (DM), hypertension (HT), and hyperlipidemia (HL) in Family Medicine Department of Dışkapı Yıldırım Beyazıt Training and Research Hospital, in Ankara. A questionnaire about herbal drug use was applied by face to face interview to the participants.Results:A total of 217 patients were included in this study. The mean age of the participants was 56.6 ± 9.7 years (55 male and 162 female). The rate of herbal medicine use was 29%. Herbal medicine use among female gender was significantly higher (P = 0.040). Conventional medication use was found to be lower among herbal medicine consumers. There was no relationship between herbal medicine use and type of chronic disease, living area, and occupation or education level. Most frequently used herbs were lemon (39.6%) and garlic (11.1%) for HT, cinnamon (12.7%) for DM, and walnut (6.3%) for HL.Conclusions:In this study, herbal medicine use was found to be higher among patients who had been diagnosed with chronic diseases. Therefore, physicians should be aware of herbal medicine usage of their patients and inform them about the effectivity and side effects of herbal medicines.

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“…Efe et al . found that 45.3% of the patients believed that herbal medicines were effective for HT [ 17 ].…”

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Herbal medicine use among Turkish patients with chronic diseases

Tulunay¹,

Aypak²,

Yıkılkan³

et al. 2015

J Intercult Ethnopharmacol

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“…7,33,35,40,42,44,45 Literatürde, medeni durumun TAT kullanmada etkili faktör olduğu bildirilmektedir. 15,41,46,47 Bu çalışmada, medeni durumun TAT kullanımında etkili bir faktör olmadığı saptanmıştır. Benzer şe-kilde Güven ve ark.…”

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Status of Using Complementary and Alternative Treatments of Individuals with Chronic Disease

Nural¹,

Çakmak²

2018

J Tradit Complem Med

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Y aşlanan nüfusla birlikte kronik hastalıkların daha uzun sürmesi, hastalıktan ziyade sağlık üzerine vurgu yapılması sağlık arama davranışı üzerine olumlu etki yapmıştır. Bireyin sağlık arama davranışları yaş, cinsiyet, dini inançlar, önceki hastalık deneyimleri, semptomların şiddeti, hizmetlerin varlığı, maliyeti, hasta olunan günlerin sayısı gibi pek çok faktörden etkilenmektedir. İnsanların daha uzun ve sağlıklı yaşama isteği, ilaçların yan : 207 patients admitted to the internal medicine clinics of a university hospital in April-July 2016 and complying with the criteria were included in the study. The data collection tool created through reviewing the literature was applied using a face-to-face interview method. R Re es su ul lt ts s: : We found that overall 62.3% of respondents had used CAM and they mostly preferred herbal products (58.5%), lesser extent vitamin supplements (7.7%), massage (4.8%) and aromatherapy (4.8%). CAM was used to lower blood pressure (38.8%), relieve pain (30.2%), treatment of infections (13.2%), lowering of blood sugar (9.3%) and improvement of cancer (6.2%) and patients thought "positive effect on your health''. C Co on nc cl lu us si io on n: : It was determined that more than half of the individuals with chronic disease used CAM methods and they preferred herbal products which are one of the easily accessible methods. Nurses must evaluate that individuals have experienced problems regarding the management of the disease and whether they uses any CAM method and the suitability of this method for the patient.K Ke ey yw wo or rd ds s: : Chronic disease; complementary and alternative therapies

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“…In addition, 67% of smokers who wanted to receive treatment reported they wanted to use traditional and complementary medicine practices such as yoga, meditation or massage to help reduce stress and quit smoking [8]. Practices such as yoga, meditation, and acupuncture can help the smoking cessation process and become an alternative drug-free treatment option, while aromatherapy has become one of the methods used in recent years as essential oils are cheaper and easily accessible by the person [9,10,11,12].…”

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Aromatherapy and Quitting Smoking

Işık

2020

Galician med. j.

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Today, the treatment approaches recommended for smoking cessation are pharmacological and behavioral therapy. Both approaches are reported to be effective alone; however, when used together, the success rate increases. Modern medicine methods, however, often have a negative image due to cost, complexity and limitations in human life. For this reason, complementary and alternative therapies are widely used in the community for the treatment of many diseases in every age group. When people are asked why they prefer complementary and alternative therapies, the most important reason seems to be to improve quality of life by providing symptom control. Other reasons include economic problems, the lack of health insurance, the improvement of quality of life, the influence of the media and the environment, a strong belief that it will help, disappointment of conventional treatment failure, the noninvasiveness of most complementary and alternative therapies, fear of medical treatments, dissatisfaction with the current health system, medicines. Avoiding side effects can be called as a desire to have more control over health decisions. Contrary to many pharmacological and behavioral treatments that investigate the effectiveness of smoking cessation, only a few studies have included complementary and alternative treatments. Complementary treatment methods such as aromatherapy are thought to be regularly included in smoking cessation programs and their use should be ensured/expanded.

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Supportive methods used by the individuals with hypertension to decrease blood pressure

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Herbal medicine use among Turkish patients with chronic diseases

Herbal medicine use among Turkish patients with chronic diseases

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