Faculty of Health Sciences, Nursing Department, Division of Gynecology and Obstetrics Nursing, Bartın University Rectorate, 74100 Agdaci Campus, Bartın, Türkiye.
Faculty of Health Sciences, Midwifery Department, Bayburt University, Bayburt, Türkiye.
BMC Complement Med Ther. 2023 Jul 5;23(1):223. doi: 10.1186/s12906-023-04065-x.
Pregnant women turn to holistic complementary and alternative medicine to cope with problems associated with the changes they experience during pregnancy. This study aimed to determine the attitudes of pregnant women in Türkiye toward holistic complementary and alternative medicine and influencing factors.
This cross-sectional exploratory study was carried out between June and November 2022 with a web-based questionnaire distributed via social media and communication platforms. Two hundred and twenty-one pregnant women participated in the study. A "Participant Identification Form" and the "Attitudes towards Holistic Complementary and Alternative Medicine Questionnaire" were used to collect the data. Logistic regression analysis was used to determine correlations between variables and scale scores.
It was determined that 84.2% of the participants had knowledge about traditional and complementary therapies, and 77.8% used traditional and complementary therapies. The participants reported that they preferred faith (77.4%), energy healing (76.9%), massage (75.6%), diet (74.2%), meditation/yoga (62.0%), and herbal (59.7%) traditional and complementary therapies the most, and most of them used these methods to reduce nausea, vomiting, edema, and fatigue during pregnancy. The mean Attitudes towards Holistic Complementary and Alternative Medicine Questionnaire score of the participants was 35.0 (5.04). It was seen that having high school or higher education (p < 0.05), having an income more than expenses (p < 0.001), having received advice from nurses when having a complaint (p < 0.001), having knowledge about traditional and complementary therapies (p < 0.001), and being a practitioner who received services of traditional and complementary therapies (p < 0.001) were positively associated with the utilization of traditional and complementary therapies.
In this study, it was determined that the attitudes of pregnant women towards holistic complementary and alternative medicine were high. Their personal characteristics, as well as their knowledge and practice of holistic complementary and alternative medicine affected their attitudes towards holistic complementary and alternative medicine. Obstetrics nurses/midwives should actively participate in training programs on traditional and complementary therapies focused on pregnant women.
孕妇寻求整体补充和替代医学来应对与怀孕相关的问题。本研究旨在确定土耳其孕妇对整体补充和替代医学的态度及其影响因素。
这是一项 2022 年 6 月至 11 月间进行的横断面探索性研究，通过社交媒体和通信平台以在线问卷的形式收集数据。共有 221 名孕妇参与了这项研究。使用“参与者识别表”和“整体补充和替代医学态度问卷”收集数据。采用逻辑回归分析确定变量与量表评分之间的相关性。
84.2%的参与者了解传统和补充疗法，77.8%的参与者使用过传统和补充疗法。参与者表示，他们更喜欢信仰（77.4%）、能量治疗（76.9%）、按摩（75.6%）、饮食（74.2%）、冥想/瑜伽（62.0%）和草药（59.7%）等传统和补充疗法，并且大多数人在怀孕期间使用这些方法来减轻恶心、呕吐、水肿和疲劳。参与者整体补充和替代医学态度问卷的平均得分为 35.0（5.04）。研究发现，具有高中或以上学历（p<0.05）、收入高于支出（p<0.001）、有投诉时从护士那里获得建议（p<0.001）、了解传统和补充疗法（p<0.001）以及接受过传统和补充疗法服务的从业者（p<0.001）与传统和补充疗法的使用呈正相关。
本研究表明，孕妇对整体补充和替代医学的态度较高。个人特征以及对整体补充和替代医学的知识和实践影响了他们对整体补充和替代医学的态度。妇产科护士/助产士应积极参与针对孕妇的传统和补充疗法培训计划。
