Determination of the use of complementary and alternative medicine by women in the climacteric period in the Turkish city of Samsun

Koç Z., Sağlam Z., Topatan S.

CONTEMPORARY NURSE, cilt.45, sa.2, ss.197-209, 2013 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 45 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2013
  • Doi Numarası: 10.5172/conu.2013.45.2.197
  • Dergi Adı: CONTEMPORARY NURSE
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.197-209
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: alternative therapy, climacteric, complementary medicine, herbal therapy, menopause, HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY, MENOPAUSAL SYMPTOMS, POSTMENOPAUSAL WOMEN, BLACK COHOSH, HEALTH, MANAGEMENT, MIDLIFE, MEDICATIONS, ESTROGEN, CANCER
  • Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

This quantitative descriptive study was carried out in order to determine the use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) for management of menopausal symptoms in women in Samsun, Turkey. Data on general demographic characteristics, menopause-related symptoms, and the use of CAM and herbal therapy were collected from 281 women undergoing the process of the climacteric period, admitted to the gynaecology polyclinic of a hospital in Samsun province. To evaluate the data, descriptive statistics, Student t-tests, and logistic regression analysis were used. In this study the most common CAM methods were identified as herbal therapy (29.9%), dieting (29.5%), exercise (29.2%), and massage (27.8%). Approximately one-third of the women identified as benefitting from CAM methods. More than half identified as not having informed a health care professional about their use of these methods of achieving symptom relief.