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Geç Adölesanların COVID-19 Öncesi ve Sürecinde Geleneksel ve Tamamlayıcı Tıp Uygulamalarına Yönelik Tutumları ve Kullanım Durumları: Tanımlayıcı Çalışma
Attitudes and Use Statuses of Late Adolescents to Traditional and Complementary Medicine Practices Before and During COVID-19: Descriptive Study
Vildan APAYDIN CIRIK a, Elif BULUTb, Bahar AKSOYc
aKaramanoğlu Mehmetbey Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi, Ebelik ABD, Çocuk Sağlığı ve Hastalıkları Hemşireliği, Karaman, Türkiye
bKaradeniz Teknik Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi, Çocuk Sağlığı ve Hastalıkları Hemşireliği ABD, Trabzon, Türkiye
cGümüşhane Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi, Çocuk Sağlığı ve Hastalıkları Hemşireliği ABD, Gümüşhane, Türkiye
Turkiye Klinikleri J Nurs Sci. 2023;15(1):43-53
doi: 10.5336/nurses.2021-87896
Article Language: TR
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 Amaç: Bu çalışmanın amacı, geç adölesanların koronavirüs hastalığı-2019 [coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19)] öncesi ve sırasında geleneksel ve tamamlayıcı tıp uygulamaları kullanımlarını ve tutumlarını değerlendirmektir. Gereç ve Yöntemler: Bu çalışma, kesitsel-analitik türde, Haziran-Eylül 2021 tarihleri arasında tabakalı örneklem yöntemi kullanılarak belirlenen 882 geç adölesan ile yapılmıştır. Araştırma verileri 'Sosyodemografik Form', 'Geleneksel ve Tamamlayıcı Tıp Uygulamalarına Yönelik Soru Formu' ve 'Bütüncül Tamamlayıcı ve Alternatif Tıbba Karşı Tutum Ölçeği' ile toplanmıştır. Verilerin değerlendirilmesinde student-t, One-way ANOVA ve bağımlı örneklem t testleri kullanılmıştır. Bulgular: Araştırmada, geç adölesanların bütüncül tamamlayıcı ve alternatif tıp uygulamalarına karşı tutumları ile cinsiyet, gelir algısı, kronik hastalığa sahip olma, COVID-19 tanısı alma değişkenleri arasında istatistiksel açıdan anlamlı farklılık bulunmuştur. Geç adölesanların en fazla bildikleri yöntemlerin masaj (%85,1), meditasyon/gevşeme (%77,4) ve dinî yöntemler (%77,3) olduğu saptanmıştır. COVID-19 salgını öncesi ve COVID-19 salgını sırasındaki kullanım durumları incelendiğinde ise masaj dışında tüm uygulamalarda artış görülmüştür (p<0,001). Sonuç: Sonuç olarak bu çalışmada, geç adölesanların COVID-19 sürecinde geleneksel ve tamamlayıcı tıp uygulama kullanım durumları artmıştır. Geç adölesanlar COVID-19 sürecinde bu uygulamaları daha az acı çekmek, hastalığın yan etkilerini azaltmak ve hastalıkla direkt savaşmak amacıyla artırdıklarını belirtmişlerdir. Buna rağmen COVID-19 sürecinde geleneksel ve tamamlayıcı uygulamalarının etkileri ve yan etkileri üzerine kanıt temelli çalışmaların yapılması ve adölesanların bu uygulamalar konusunda bilgilendirilmesi oldukça önemlidir.

Anahtar Kelimeler: Geç adölesan; COVID-19; geleneksel ve tamamlayıcı tıp
ABSTRACT
 Objective: The aim of this study is to evaluate the use and attitudes of traditional and complementary medicine practices of late adolescents before and during coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19). Material and Methods: This cross-sectional-analytical study was conducted with 882 late adolescents determined using the stratified sampling method between June-September 2021. Research data were collected with the 'Sociodemographic Form', 'Question Form for Traditional and Complementary Medicine Practices' and 'The Attitude towards Holistic Complementary and Alternative Medicine Scale'. Student t, One-way ANOVA and dependent sample t tests were used to evaluate the data. Results: In the study, a statistically significant difference was found between the attitudes of late adolescents towards holistic complementary and alternative medicine practices and the variables of gender, income perception, having a chronic disease, and being diagnosed with COVID-19. Massage (85.1%), meditation/relaxation (77.4%) and religious methods (77.3%) were found to be the most common methods of late adolescents. When the use cases before the COVID-19 epidemic and during the COVID-19 epidemic were examined, an increase was observed in all applications except massage (p <0.001). Conclusion: As a result, in this study, the use of traditional and complementary medicine practices in late adolescents during the COVID-19 process has increased. Late adolescents stated that they increased these practices during the COVID-19 process in order to suffer less, reduce the side effects of the disease and fight the disease directly. Despite this, it is very important to conduct evidence-based studies on the effects and side effects of traditional and complementary practices in the COVID-19 process and to inform adolescents about these practices.

Keywords: Late adolescence; COVID-19; traditional and complementary medicine
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