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- Awareness and Prevalence of Traditional and Complementary Medicine in Patients’ Application to Ortho...
Awareness and Prevalence of Traditional and Complementary Medicine in Patients’ Application to Orthopedics and Traumatology Outpatient Clinic
Authors : Levent Horoz, Mehmet Fevzi Çakmak
Pages : 357-363
Doi:10.46332/aemj.1280566
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Publication Date : 2023-12-20
Article Type : Research
Abstract :Purpose: The objective of this study was to assess the awareness of complementary and alternative medicine practices and the frequency of their utilization among patients attending an orthopedic outpatient clinic. Materials and Methods: Patients who presented to the orthopedics outpatient clinic of the University Hospital between November 15 and December 30, 2022, were invited to participate in this study. A questionnaire containing 16 questions about eight different traditional and complementary approaches, designed to determine patients\' knowledge of and attitudes toward each of these practices, was administered by the responsible physician through face-to-face interviews. The questionnaires were administered to 637 volunteers. The results were recorded, and statistical analysis was applied. Results: The volunteers were % 54.7 male and 45.3.2% female participants. The mean age of the participants was 41.52±16.349. It was determined that gender (p=0.3) and education level (p=0.207) did not affect awareness of traditional treatment. However, it was determined that the settlement area affected the awareness of traditional treatment (p<0.05). Conclusions: The popularity of traditional treatment methods and practices is steadily increasing. The public needs more professional health service providers to reach such treatment approaches and raise awareness. Despite this, it was observed that awareness was low among patients who applied to the orthopedics outpatient clinic. There is a need to educate professional health service providers to facilitate public access to these treatment approaches and to enhance social awareness.Keywords : geleneksel tedavi, tamamlayıcı tedavi, Kupa tedavisi, Kesitsel çalışma