Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/11499/47466
Title: Prevalence and predictors of the usage of complementary alternative medicine among infertile patients
Authors: Sönmez, Seyhan
Öztürk, Mustafa
Sönmez, Ferhan
Eraydın, Ersen
Özer, Mehmet Caner
Ünal, Murat Serkant
Ceyhan, Seyit Temel
Keywords: Alternative
Complementary
Infertility
Medicine
adult
alternative medicine
art therapy
article
controlled study
female
fertility clinic
gender
human
major clinical study
male
multicenter study
patient attitude
pregnancy
prevalence
treatment failure
alternative medicine
cross-sectional study
infertility
prevalence
questionnaire
sex factor
Adult
Complementary Therapies
Cross-Sectional Studies
Female
Humans
Infertility
Male
Prevalence
Sex Factors
Surveys and Questionnaires
Publisher: Elsevier Masson s.r.l.
Abstract: Purpose: The primary objective of this study was to evaluate the prevalence, characteristics and the most frequently used complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) methods among infertile couples. A secondary aim was to assess predictors and patients’ attitude to disclose the usage of CAM. Methods: This study was designed as a cross-sectional survey and conducted on patients admitted to infertility clinics of two hospitals. Results: The overall prevalence of CAM among 324 infertile participants (162 couples) was 25.6 % (n = 83). 48 % of the infertile couples had experience with at least one type of CAM method and the most commonly used CAM was herbal products (84 %). The frequency of CAM tended to be higher among females compared to males (33 % versus 17 %, respectively; p = 0.02). Patients who failed to conceive with previous medical therapies were more inclined to use CAM (p = 0.01). After logistic regression analyses, only gender and previous unsuccessful ART treatment were found to be associated independently with CAM use. Conclusion: CAM use is common among infertile population. CAM users were more likely to be women at any age who had failed to achieve a pregnancy with previous artificial reproductive treatment(s), mainly used herbal products and mostly reluctant to report the use of CAM. © 2021 Elsevier Masson SAS
URI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jogoh.2021.102112
https://hdl.handle.net/11499/47466
ISSN: 2468-7847
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