چکیده مقاله
Objectives: It has been speculated that infertile women use complementary and alternative medicine CAM frequently in addition to conventional therapy This study was conducted to investigate the prevalence of complementary and alternative medicine use among Iranian infertile women Design: This multi center cross sectional study was conducted in four public and private referral infertility clinics located in different metropolitan areas of Iran including Tehran, Mashhad, Isfahan and Shiraz from August to December 2019 Any infertile woman attending infertility clinic checked for eligibility and 282 infertile women were selected by convenience sampling A self structured questionnaire consisted of three parts including demographic, infertility related and CAM related data was completed on a self report basis SPSS software version 25 was used for data analysis using descriptive statistical methods and Logistic regression model Results: Mean number of different CAM methods used was 2 95±1 88 Also, 54 04 percent of women used CAM at least once for infertility in the last year CAM use included Iranian traditional medicine ITM , Traditional Chinese medicine TCM and other methods The most commonly used method and mode of CAM were ITM %95 4 and Iranian herbal medicine 70 2% , respectively Most of participants %61 3 did not disclose their use of CAM to the physicians The majority of participants %72 7 received recommendations from family and friends for CAM use Conclusions: CAM use was prevalent among Iranian infertile women and ITM and herbal medicines were the most common Therefore, it is requires that a coherent plan be developed to integrate CAM use into the classic medicine
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نویسندگان
Farangis Sharifi
Student Research Committee, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
Robab Latifnejad Roudsari
Corresponding Author: Nursing and Midwifery Care Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
شیوه ارجاع
Sharifi, Farangis and Latifnejad Roudsari, Robab,1399,Prevalence of complementary and alternative medicine use among Iranian infertile women: a multi-center cross-sectional study,Fourth International Conference on Health and Health Promotion
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