Views of Healthcare Professionals to Traditional and Complementary Medicine

Authors : Ahmet Önder PORSUK, Çiğdem CERİT

Pages : 146-152

Doi:10.53811/ijtcmr.988323

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Publication Date : 2021-12-20

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Objective: Although its roots go back centuries, there is still a demand for traditional medicine practices and it is important to know the opinion of the society and healthcare professionals about the subject. Our study aims to determine the attitudes of healthcare professional and non-healthcare hospital staff about traditional medicine. Material-Method: A two-stage questionnaire, a demographic information section, and the Complementary, Alternative, and Conventional Medicine Attitudes Scale insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(CACMAS); was used to collect the data. Descriptive statistics, Kolmogorov Smirnov, Mann-Whitney U, Kruskal Wallis and chi-square tests were used to analyze the data. Results: A total of 681 staff of nine public and private hospitals participated in the study. 65.4% insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(n=439); of the participants were healthcare professionals, 34.6% insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(n=232); were non-healthcare professionals. The mean scores of the healthcare professional respondents were 92.6 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(±16.7);, of the non-healthcare professional respondents were 126.1 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(±11.7);. Conclusion: In our study, it was found that healthcare professionals` attitudes towards traditional medicine practices were more negative than non-healthcare professionals. However, as according to the current legislation in many countries around the world, only physicians who receive standard training and other healthcare professionals under their supervision are authorized to perform traditional medicine practices in Turkey. As a result of our study, it was determined that the attitudes of healthcare professionals and other segments of the society should be observed about traditional medicine practices and that measures should be taken to bring together the supply and demand for traditional medicine on a legal basis. 
Keywords : Traditional Medicine, Attitude, Health Personnel, Hospital Staff