Yiğitalp, GülhanZengin Aydın, LeylaKorkmaz, Evin2024-12-282024-12-2820242717-7491https://doi.org/10.53811/ijtcmr.1454481https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/3801948https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/ijtcmr/issue/86971/1454481https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12684/17232Aim: 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; pen10.53811/ijtcmr.1454481info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessAlternativeComplementaryMenopausal SymptomsPostmenopauseQuality Of LifeTraditional Chinese Medicine and TreatmentsArticle52122132DergiPark: 1454481