Uluğ, Merve EbrarSarıyıldız, Abdurrahman YunusKalender, SelinMetin, Aslı2024-12-282024-12-2820242717-7491https://doi.org/10.53811/ijtcmr.1435641https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/3722967https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/ijtcmr/issue/86971/1435641https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12684/17254Objective= This study investigates how university students, a well-educated segment of society, perceive traditional and complementary medicine (T CM) practices and their level of healthy lifestyle skills, and how they are related. It also aims to determine whether students' healthy living skills influence their attitudes towards T CM practices. Methods= This descriptive and cross-sectional study focused on students enrolled in three state universities. A total of 362 student datasets were analyzed. Data were gathered through an online questionnaire comprising inquiries related to students' sociodemographic features, their familiarity with T CM, the T CM attitude scale, and the scale assessing their healthy living skills. Results= The study's findings, the correlation coefficient between the total scores of the students from the T CM Attitude Scale (114.80±17.95) and the Healthy Living Skills Scale (64.29±8.79) was calculated as r=0.127. There was a positive, statistically significant (pen10.53811/ijtcmr.1435641info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessTraditional and complementary medicinehealthy living skillsuniversity studentTraditional, Complementary and Integrative Medicine (Other)Article52112121DergiPark: 1435641