Knowledge and attitudes towards complementary and alternative medicine among medical students in Turkey

Basit Öğe Kaydı
dc.contributor.authorAkan, Hulya
dc.contributor.authorIzbirak, Guldal
dc.contributor.authorKaspar, Elif Cigdem
dc.contributor.authorKaya, Cigdem Apaydin
dc.contributor.authorAydin, Serpil
dc.contributor.authorDemircan, Nejat
dc.contributor.authorBucaktepe, P. Gamze
dc.date.accessioned2024-04-24T17:14:52Z
dc.date.available2024-04-24T17:14:52Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.departmentDicle Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractObjective: This study aims to examine knowledge and attitudes towards Complementary and Alternative Medicine among medical students in Turkey, and find out whether they want to be trained in Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM). Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out between October and December 2010 among medical students. Data were collected from a total of seven medical schools. Findings: The study included 943 medical students. The most well known methods among the students were herbal treatment (81.2%), acupuncture (80.8%), hypnosis (78.8%), body-based practices including massage (77%) and meditation (65.2%), respectively. Acupuncture, aromatherapy, herbal treatment and meditation were better known among female participants compared to males (p < 0.05). Females and first year students, generally had more positive attitudes. A larger proportion of female students compared to male students reported that a doctor should be knowledgeable about CAM (p = 0.001), and this knowledge would be helpful in their future professional lives (p = 0.015). Positive attitudes towards and willingness to receive training declined as the number of years spent in the faculty of medicine increased. Conclusions: Majority of the medical students were familiar with the CAM methods widely used in Turkey, while most of them had positive attitudes towards CAM as well as willingness to receive training on the subject, and they were likely to recommend CAM methods to their patients in their future professional lives. With its gradual scientific development and increasing popularity, there appears a need for a coordinated policy in integrating CAM into the medical curriculum, by taking expectations of and feedback from medical students into consideration in setting educational standards.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1186/1472-6882-12-115
dc.identifier.issn1472-6882
dc.identifier.pmid22862993
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-84868699428
dc.identifier.scopusqualityN/A
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6882-12-115
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11468/18235
dc.identifier.volume12en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000311375900002
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ2
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMed
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherBmcen_US
dc.relation.ispartofBmc Complementary and Alternative Medicine
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.subject[No Keyword]en_US
dc.titleKnowledge and attitudes towards complementary and alternative medicine among medical students in Turkeyen_US
dc.titleKnowledge and attitudes towards complementary and alternative medicine among medical students in Turkey
dc.typeArticleen_US

Dosyalar

Koleksiyon

WoS İndeksli Yayınlar Koleksiyonu
PubMed İndeksli Yayın Koleksiyonu
Scopus İndeksli Yayınlar Koleksiyonu