Use of complementary and alternative medicine and quality of life of cancer patients: Turkish samples

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dc.contributor.authorKorkmaz M.
dc.contributor.authorTavsanli N.G.
dc.contributor.authorOzcelik H.
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-22T08:12:36Z
dc.date.available2024-07-22T08:12:36Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstractA large proportion of cancer patients use complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) to extend their quality of life. The purpose of this study was to determine the level of CAM use by patients undergoing cancer treatment. The study was conducted in Turkey at a large state university hospital and a government hospital between March and December 2013. The research sample consisted of a total of 147 cancer patients undergoing either chemotherapy or radiotherapy. Data collection was performed using a Patient Description Form and the EUROHIS (WHOQOL-8.Tr) quality-of-life scale through face-to-face interviews. The use of CAM, green tea (28.00 ± 4.24), and garlic (29.00 ± 0.00), as well as the use of a combination of plant products such as pomegranate juice, pollen, and herbal tea (31.25 ± 5.96), not feeling the need to inform the physician of the use of CAM, regular use of CAM, finding CAM use effective, and suggesting CAM use to others were found to have a statistically significant relationship to average quality-of-life scores (P < 0.05). This study could be used to develop holistic nursing interventions and CAM use by patients undergoing cancer treatment. Copyright © 2016 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc.
dc.identifier.DOI-ID10.1097/HNP.0000000000000121
dc.identifier.issn08879311
dc.identifier.urihttp://akademikarsiv.cbu.edu.tr:4000/handle/123456789/16123
dc.language.isoEnglish
dc.publisherLippincott Williams and Wilkins
dc.subjectCohort Studies
dc.subjectComplementary Therapies
dc.subjectFemale
dc.subjectHumans
dc.subjectMale
dc.subjectMiddle Aged
dc.subjectNeoplasms
dc.subjectQuality of Life
dc.subjectTurkey
dc.subjectalternative medicine
dc.subjectcancer patient
dc.subjectcancer therapy
dc.subjectchemotherapy
dc.subjectgarlic
dc.subjectgovernment
dc.subjectherbal tea
dc.subjectholistic nursing
dc.subjecthuman
dc.subjecthuman tissue
dc.subjectinformation processing
dc.subjectinterview
dc.subjectmajor clinical study
dc.subjectphysician
dc.subjectpomegranate juice
dc.subjectquality of life
dc.subjectradiotherapy
dc.subjectTurkey (republic)
dc.subjectuniversity hospital
dc.subjectalternative medicine
dc.subjectcohort analysis
dc.subjectfemale
dc.subjectmale
dc.subjectmiddle aged
dc.subjectNeoplasms
dc.subjectTurkey
dc.subjectutilization
dc.titleUse of complementary and alternative medicine and quality of life of cancer patients: Turkish samples
dc.typeArticle

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