ŞANLIURFA’DA YETİŞKİN BİREYLERİN ALTERNATİF TEDAVİ TERCİHLERİ VE SAĞLIK ALGILARI

Year 2023, Volume: 7 Issue: 3, 145 - 158, 21.10.2023

Suzan Havlioğlu , Hüseyin Eriş , Şevket Ökten

Abstract

Bu çalışma Şanlıurfa’da yaşayan 18 yaş ve üzeri bireylerin alternatif tedavi tercihlerinin ve sağlık algılarının saptanması amacıyla yapılmıştır. Çalışma tanımlayıcı tipte olup evrenini Şanlıurfa’da yaşayan 18 yaş ve üzeri bireyler oluşturmaktadır. Çalışma da 01.07.2022 – 01.09.2022 tarihleri arasında çalışmaya katılmaya gönüllü 482 kişiye ulaşılmıştır. Verilerin toplanmasında literatür taranarak tarafımızdan oluşturulmuş 30 soruluk sosyo-demografik bilgi formu ve Sağlık Algısı Ölçeği kullanılmıştır. Araştırmaya katılan bireylerin %72,2’si alternatif tedavi yöntemlerinden attara gittiğini belirtmiştir. Daha sonra sırasıyla %57.7’si dua yöntemini ve %28’i hacamat yöntemini kullandıklarını ifade etmişlerdir. Yaşı daha genç olanlarda, üniversite mezunlarında, sürekli ilaç kullanmayanlarda, alternatif tedavi yöntemini kullanmadan önce doktora gidenlerde, doktorun uyguladığı tedaviden fayda görenlerde sağlık algısı ölçeği puan ortalaması daha yüksek bulunmuştur. Bu sonuçlar doğrultusunda bireylerin sağlık algısını arttırmak için eğitim seviyesini yükseltecek girişimlerde bulunulması ve alternatif tedavi yöntemlerinin doğru ve etkin kullanımın sağlanması için GETAT merkezlerinin yaygınlaştırılması koruyucu sağlık hizmetleri açısından önemli bir adım olabilir.

Keywords

Alternatif Tıp, Tamamlayıcı Tıp, Sağlık Algısı

Project Number

This study was funded by Harran University Scientific Research Project no 2022/22096

ALTERNATIVE TREATMENT PREFERENCES AND HEALTH PERCEPTIONS OF ADULTS IN ŞANLIURFA

Abstract

This study was conducted to determine the alternative treatment preferences and health perceptions of those who were 18 and older in Şanlıurfa. This is a descriptive study whose population consists of individuals who are 18 and older. In the study, 482 people who volunteered to participate were reached between 01.07.2022 - 01.09.2022. A socio-demographic information form and Health Perception Scale with 30 items were used to collect data, which we prepared by making a literature review. 72.2% of the individuals who participated in the study stated that they went to an herbalist/healer, one of the alternative medicine methods. Then, 57.7% of them stated that they used the prayer method and 28% of them stated that they used the cupping (hijama) method, respectively. The mean score of the health perception scale was found as higher among younger ones, university graduates, those who did not take drugs regularly, those who saw a doctor before using alternative treatment methods, and those who benefitted from the treatment which the doctor administered. Within the direction of these results, in order to increase the health perception of individuals, making attempts to raise the education level and extend GETAT (traditional and complementary medicine training) centers to enable the proper and effective use of alternative treatment may be important steps in terms of preventive health services.

Keywords

Alternative medicine, Complementary medicine, Health perception

Ethical Statement

To conduct this study, permission was obtained from the Harran University Social and Human Sciences Ethics Committee, (01.04.2022/50) Şanlıurfa Governorate and the individuals who would participate in the study.

Supporting Institution

Harran Üniversitesi

Project Number

This study was funded by Harran University Scientific Research Project no 2022/22096

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