Effects of COVID-19 fear and anxiety on attitudes towards complementary and alternative medicine use in women with gynecological cancer during the COVID-19 pandemic

作     者：Fatma Uslu-Sahan Ilknur Yesilcınar Gonul Kurt Elif Hancer Gulten Guvenc Fatma Uslu-Sahan;Ilknur Yesilcinar;Gonul Kurt;Elif Hancer;Gulten Guvenc

作者机构：Department of Obstetrics and Gynecologic NursingFaculty of NursingHacettepe UniversityAnkara 06100Turkey Department of Obstetrics and Gynecologic NursingFaculty of Health SciencesIzmir Katip Celebi UniversityIzmir 35620Turkey Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology NursingGulhane Faculty of NursingUniversity of Health SciencesAnkara 06018Turkey Department of Obstetrics and GynecologyGynecologic Oncology ClinicHacettepe University Faculty of MedicineAnkara 06800Turkey 

出 版 物：《Journal of Integrative Medicine》 (结合医学学报（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2023年第21卷第4期

页      面：377-384页

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学科分类：1011[医学-护理学（可授医学、理学学位）] 10[医学] 

主　　题：Complementary and alternative medicine Anxiety COVID-19 Fear Gynecological cancer 

摘      要：Objective:Patients with gynecological cancer commonly use complementary and alternative medicine(CAM)methods to cope with the ***,despite the existence of treatment strategies,the effect of fear and anxiety caused by coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19)pandemic on attitudes about CAM use is *** study was carried out to investigate the effect of fear and anxiety experienced by patients with gynecological cancer during the COVID-19 pandemic on their attitudes towards the use of ***:This is a cross-sectional and descriptive study that included 177 women with gynecological cancer;participants were recruited from a social networking site for cancer patients in Turkey between June and December *** were collected using an online survey that included the Personal Information Form,the Fear of COVID-19 Scale,the Coronavirus Anxiety Scale,and the Attitude Towards Holistic Complementary and Alternative Medicine *** statistics,t-test,Pearson’s correlation test,and simple linear and multiple regression analyses were performed to analyze the ***:During the pandemic,55.4%of the participants reported using CAM methods,but only 22.6%were using CAM before the *** participants who used CAM during the pandemic also scored higher on the fear of COVID-19 and coronavirus anxiety scales(20.69±5.37 and 13.09±6.29,respectively)compared to the participants who did not use CAM(9.29±2.72 and 6.35±2.06,respectively).Fear of COVID-19 accounted for 52%of the CAM attitude score,while coronavirus anxiety accounted for 15%of the CAM attitude *** of COVID-19 and coronavirus anxiety together accounted for 53%of CAM ***:Gynecological cancer patients with high levels of COVID-19-related anxiety and fear during the pandemic used CAM *** that the psychological effects of the pandemic will continue in the coming years,CAM use should be evaluated as a coping strategy,especially due to the COVID-19-related anxiety an