Complementary And Alternative Medicine During The COVID-19 Pandemic

Hasan Kalyoncu University3,242 enrolled

Overview

Complementary and alternative medicine is frequently used in the treatment of several groups of diseases.

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.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

3,242

Conditions

Complementary Therapies

Interventions

Complementary And Alternative MedicineOTHER

No intervention was done in the cross-sectional study

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 65 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * agree to participate in the study * not to be a communication problem Exclusion Criteria: * be a communication problem

Locations (1)

Hasan Kalyoncu Ünivrsitesi

Gaziantep, Lütfen Seç, Turkey (Türkiye)

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Participant adults' responses to the questions raised about the use of complementary and alternative methods during the COVID-19 pandemic

Time frame: 2021

Means of scores obtained by participant adults from the holistic complementary and alternative medicine questionnaire (HCAMQ) and its sub-scales

Holistic Complementary and Alternative Medicine Questionnaire

Time frame: 2021

Complementary and alternative treatment methods used during the COVID-19 pandemic

Time frame: 2021

Plants consumed during the COVID-19 pandemic

Time frame: 2021

Symptoms against which complementary and alternative methods are used during the COVID-19 pandemic

Time frame: 2021

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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