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    Evidence-Based Biologically Based Traditional and Complementary Medicine Practices in Infertility
    (Bandırma Onyedi Eylül Üniversitesi, 2023) Karadeniz, Hilal; Gündüz, Ceyda Su; Gurkan, Ozlem Can
    Infertility is a biopsychosocial phenomenon that results in couples in reproductive age unable to have children despite having regular unprotected sexual intercourse for one year. In this process, couples experience many problems such as decreased self-esteem, sexual dysfunctions, ineffectiveness in role performance, loss of control, anxiety, depression, social isolation, guilt, social pressure and stigma. Therefore, in coping with this period, which they perceive as a crisis that negatively affects their quality of life, they can apply to biological-based traditional and complementary medicine practices, which they think are effective, safe and more economical, aiming to increase the chance of getting pregnant in addition to medical treatment. In this review, the evidence level of studies on biological-based traditional and complementary medicine practices such as lifestyle changes, vitamin and mineral supplements, and herbal product consumption, which infertile couples frequently apply, were examined. In line with the results obtained; It is aimed that infertile couples prefer reliable and effective traditional and complementary medicine practices and that all relevant health professionals, especially nurses working in this field, can provide training/consulting services for the benefit of the patient with awareness. In this way, it is thought that by increasing the rate of preference of traditional and complementary medicine practices with high evidence level of infertile couples, a social contribution can be made to the preservation and improvement of fertility.