The Effect of Complementary and Alternative Treatment Methods Applied by Women in Postmenopausal Period on Their Menopausal Symptoms and Quality of Life

dc.contributor.authorYiğitalp, Gülhan
dc.contributor.authorZengin Aydın, Leyla
dc.contributor.authorKorkmaz, Evin
dc.date.accessioned2024-12-28T20:24:23Z
dc.date.available2024-12-28T20:24:23Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.description.abstractAim: This study was carried out to determine complementary and alternative treatment methods used by women in postmenopausal period and to determine their effects on menopausal symptoms and quality of life.Method: This study was designed as a cross-sectional and correlational study nature and conducted in a Family Health Center in a province in the Southeast Anatolia Region of Turkey, between March-August 2018. The 259 postmenopausal women who aged 45-60 and were registered at the Family Health Center composed the sample. The Personal Information Form, Menopause Rating Scale, Short-Form 36 (SF-36) Quality of Life Scale were used to collect the data. The data were collected by face-to-face interview technique. Descriptive statistics, Pearson's correlation coefficient, multiple linear regression (MLR) were used to analyze the data.Results: It was determined that 77.6% of the women in postmenopausal period used complementary and alternative treatment methods to reduce menopausal complaints. It was found that as the postmenopausal women received more nutritions-vitamins-minerals treatment as a complementary and alternative medicine method, their Physical Role Limitations as a quality of life subdimension decreased (?= -.359; p
dc.identifier.dergiparkDergiPark: 1454481
dc.identifier.doi10.53811/ijtcmr.1454481
dc.identifier.endpage132
dc.identifier.issn2717-7491
dc.identifier.issue2
dc.identifier.startpage122
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.53811/ijtcmr.1454481
dc.identifier.urihttps://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/3801948
dc.identifier.urihttps://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/ijtcmr/issue/86971/1454481
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12684/17232
dc.identifier.volume5
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherDüzce Üniversitesi
dc.relation.ispartofInternational Journal of Traditional and Complementary Medicine Research
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Ulusal Hakemli Dergi
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.snmzKA_20241228
dc.subjectAlternative
dc.subjectComplementary
dc.subjectMenopausal Symptoms
dc.subjectPostmenopause
dc.subjectQuality Of Life
dc.subjectTraditional Chinese Medicine and Treatments
dc.titleThe Effect of Complementary and Alternative Treatment Methods Applied by Women in Postmenopausal Period on Their Menopausal Symptoms and Quality of Life
dc.typeArticle

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