Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
WORLD FAMILY MEDICINE, sa.2, ss.12-15, 2006 (ESCI)
Objective: Our objective was describing attitudes of patients with gynaecologic cancer and determining the type of complementary and alternative methods used by them.. Design: Patients who had completed their therapy at least three months ago were included in the study. For twelve months, all patients with cancer who completed their therapies were invited to fill in a questionnaire. The questionnaires were composed of questions about demographic characteristics (educational and marital status, income, age), diagnosis and their previous cancer therapy. Complementary and alternative therapy methods used by patients both before and after the therapy were investigated. Fishers exact test was used to compare the collected data. Results: Fifty-two patients with gynaecological malignancy who have completed their therapies were recruited. The most frequent alternative method used by patients after the diagnosis of cancer, was herbal therapy (11 patients 44.0%), special diet (6 patients 24.0 %) and herbal therapy and special diet together (8 patients 32.0%). Urtica dioica was determined as the common herbal therapy and special diet and herbal therapy. This plant was also used together with honey. Conclusion: We concluded that Urtica dioica alone or with honey were the most frequently used alternative therapy and it was used with conventional therapies. Patients with gynecological cancer also believe that alternative interventions are not superior to medical therapy, but use alternative methods.