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To Determined Using of Herbal Product in Elderly People
Yaşlı Bireylerde Bitkisel Ürün Kullanımının Belirlenmesi
Emine KARAMANa, Pınar TOSUN TAŞARb, Özge TİMURc, Tuğba KİPER YILMAZc, Yasemin YILDIRIMa
aDepartment of Internal Medicine Nursing, Ege University Faculty of Nursing, İzmir, TURKEY
bDepartment of Geriatrics, Atatürk University Faculty of Medicine,
cClinic of Internal Medicine, Erzurum Regional Training and Research Hospital, Erzurum, TURKEY
Turkiye Klinikleri J Med Sci. 2019;39(2):170-8
doi: 10.5336/medsci.2018-63044
Article Language: EN
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ABSTRACT
 Objective: To determine the use of herbal supplements by old people. Material and Methods: This descriptive study was a cross-sectional study and conducted between December 30, 2016-March 01, 2017 in Eastern Turkey. Random samples of 185 older participants who agreed to participate in the study took part in structured interviews at geriatrics clinic of the hospital in Turkey. The data were collected from the geriatric individuals owing to a face-to-face interview guided by a questionnaire. The data were analyzed by using with number, percentage and chisquare test. Results: Of the 185 subjects (56.2% female), 15.7% (n=29) reported using at least one of the herbal supplement. The mean age of the individuals was 76.24±8.22 (min.63-max.98) years. The most commonly used herbal supplement were stinging nettle (13.8%) and black cumin oil (10.3%). No differences in demographic characteristics were found for users and non-users. A significant difference was found between users and non-users of plant products according to their place of residence, most of the users lived in the provincial capital. We found that herbal supplement use was higher among older women (69% of those who use herbal products are old female person). Conclusion: The study shown that 15.7% of old people have used herbal supplements. There is a need for extensive research on the use of plant products by older people.

Keywords: Culture; elderly; herbal product
ÖZET
 Amaç: Yaşlı bireylerde bitkisel ürün kullanımlarının belirlenmesidir. Gereç ve Yöntemler: Tanımlayıcı nitelikteki bu çalışma kesitsel bir çalışmadır ve Doğu Anadolu Bölgesi'nde 30 Aralık 2016-01 Mart 2017 tarihleri arasında gerçekleştirilmiştir. Çalışmaya katılmayı kabul eden 185 yaşlı katılımcı rastgele örneklem yöntemi ile Türkiye'deki bir üniversite hastanesinesinin geriatri kliniğinden seçilmiş ve yapılandırılmış görüşmelere katılmıştır. Veriler, geriatrik bireylerden bir anket formu ile yüz yüze görüşmelerle toplanmıştır. Veriler, sayı, yüzde ve ki-kare testi kullanılarak analiz edilmiştir. Bulgular: Bireylerin çoğu kadın (%56,2) olup, %15,7'si bitkisel takviyelerden en az birini kullandığını bildirmiştir. Bireylerin yaş ortalaması 76,24±8,22 (min.63-max.98) yıl idi. En çok kullanılan bitkiler ısırgan otu (%13,8) ve çörek otu yağı (%10,3) idi. Demografik özelliklerde, bitkisel ürün kullanan ve kullanmayanlar arasında fark bulunmadı. Bitkisel ürün kullananlar ve kullanmayanlar arasında yaşanılan yere göre anlamlı bir fark bulunmuştur, bitkisel ürün kullanan bireylerin çoğu il merkezinde yaşamaktadır. Bitkisel ürün kullanımının yaşlı kadınlar arasında daha yaygın olduğunu tespit ettik (bitkisel ürünler kullananların %69'u yaşlı kadın kişilerdir). Sonuç: Çalışma, yaşlı insanların %15.7'sinin bitkisel takviyeleri kullandığını göstermiştir. Yaşlıların bitki ürünleri kullanımı hakkında kapsamlı bir araştırmaya ihtiyaç vardır.

Anahtar Kelimeler: Kültür; yaşlı; bitkisel ürün
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