Investigation of Attitudes Towards Complementary Alternative Medicine in Young Adulthood

Year 2024, Volume: 5 Issue: 1, 39 - 46, 29.04.2024

Merve Yazar , Berna Bayır

https://doi.org/10.53811/ijtcmr.1423626

Abstract

Objective: This study was conducted to determine the attitudes of individuals aged 18-24 towards complementary alternative medicine.
Material-Method: The sample of the cross-sectional study, which is one of the analytical research types, consisted of 178 individuals between the ages of 18-24, at least primary education level, having technological devices and able to use internet networks. Descriptive statistics, independent groups t test, ANOVA, Mann Whitney U, Kruskal Wallis, Tukey tests and regression analysis were used in the evaluation of the data. The significance level was taken as 0.05 in the interpretation of the results.
Results: In the study, it was found that those who had a large family type, who thought that complementary or alternative medicine practices were beneficial, who recommended these practices to their close environment or friends, and who found complementary medicine practices more beneficial than the treatments applied in health institutions positively affected the scale mean scores (p<0.05).
Conclusion: In the study, it was determined that approximately half of the participants aged 18-24 years used complementary and alternative medicine practices and some personal attitudes affected the attitudes towards complementary medicine. For this reason, it is recommended to include public education on the correct use of complementary medicine practices and their use by the right people and to include the young age group in these programmes.

Keywords

alternative treatment, knowledge, attitude, complementary or alternative medicine

Ethical Statement

The approval of KTO Karatay University Faculty of Medicine Ethics Committee for Clinical Researches Other than Drug and Medical Device Researches was obtained (Decision number: 2023/030). Then, for the title change, the approval of the Ethics Committee of KTO Karatay University Faculty of Medicine Clinical Research Ethics Committee other than Drug and Medical Device Research was obtained again (Decision Number: 2023/019).

Supporting Institution

Author Note: Our research was presented as an oral presentation at the 4th International 7th National Intercultural Nursing Congress.

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