Complementary Therapies
Conditions
Keywords
Complementary Therapies, COVID-19, Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Attitude
Brief summary
Complementary and alternative medicine is frequently used in the treatment of several groups of diseases.
Detailed description
This study aimed to explore the attitudes of adults living in Turkey toward complementary and alternative medicine in the period of the COVID-19 pandemic and identify whether Turkish adults used it during the pandemic.
Interventions
OTHERComplementary And Alternative Medicine
No intervention was done in the cross-sectional study
Sponsors
Filiz Polat
Aynur Ekren Çakıcı
Hasan Kalyoncu University
Study design
Observational model
OTHER
Time perspective
OTHER
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 65 Years
Inclusion criteria
* agree to participate in the study * not to be a communication problem
Exclusion criteria
* be a communication problem
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Participant adults' responses to the questions raised about the use of complementary and alternative methods during the COVID-19 pandemic | 2021 | — |
| Means of scores obtained by participant adults from the holistic complementary and alternative medicine questionnaire (HCAMQ) and its sub-scales | 2021 | Holistic Complementary and Alternative Medicine Questionnaire |
| Complementary and alternative treatment methods used during the COVID-19 pandemic | 2021 | — |
| Plants consumed during the COVID-19 pandemic | 2021 | — |
| Symptoms against which complementary and alternative methods are used during the COVID-19 pandemic | 2021 | — |
Countries
Turkey (Türkiye)
Outcome results
None listed