Thesis survey results in the field of nursing regarding the use of complementary and alternative medical treatments in Turkey

GÜROL ARSLAN G., DENAT Y., DİKMEN Y.

JOURNAL OF THE PAKISTAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, vol.67, no.9, pp.1420-1427, 2017 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Review
  • Volume: 67 Issue: 9
  • Publication Date: 2017
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF THE PAKISTAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.1420-1427
  • Keywords: Complementary and alternative therapies, Nursing, Master's thesis, PhD dissertation, PAIN
  • Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

This descriptive literature review was planned to identify the prevalence of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) usage, frequency of usage, types/fields of use in master's theses and PhD dissertations based on the CAM methods, which are commonly used in nursing practice in Turkey. Data was collected in Turkey from February to March 2014 through a review of the National Thesis Centre (NTC) Archives at the Chairmanship of the Council of Higher Education and by obtaining the nursing theses/dissertations on CAM done between 1996 and 2013. Data were analysed by distribution of frequencies and percentages for publication year, number in sampling, method, case group, CAM type, and purpose of use/effectiveness. A total of 88 theses/dissertations were located. It was found that a majority of the theses/dissertations investigated were interventional. Investigation of the purpose of CAM use in theses/dissertations showed that the studies examined the effects of CAM on symptom control.