Pregnant women ’s attitudes towards complementary and alternative medicine and the use of phytotherapy during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional study

In this study, it was aimed to investigate complementary and alternative therapy (CAM) and the use of phytotherapy by pregnant women in the COVID-19 pandemic period. MethodsThis is a cross-sectional and descriptive study. The study included 381 women who applied to a public hospital in T ürkiye and used herbal products during this pregnancy. Purposive sampling method was used. The study data were collected through “Identifying Information Form”, “Holistic Complementary and Alternative Medicine Questionnaire (HCAMQ)” and “Information Form on the Use of Phytotherapy”. In the analysis of the study data, descriptive statistics, the one-way ANOVA and multinomial logistic regression analyses were used. ResultsThe study was completed with 381 pregnant women. The average age, parity and gestational age of the pregnant women were 28.33 ±6.09, 2.17±0.95, 29.11±8.87, respectively. It was determined that 37.3% of pregnant women did not know the ingredients of the herbal products they used and 38.8% found them safer than the drugs. HCAMQ total mean score of the pregnant women was calculated as 34.62±16.22. It was found that the pr egnant women used garlic the most (65.6%), followed by cumin (38.6%), curcuma (36.2%), and ginger (34.4%). HCAMQ total mean score was found to be lower in the pregnant women who found herbal products safer than drugs (p
Source: PLoS One - Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Source Type: research