Alternative treatment applications in children with respiratory tract infections in the West of Turkey

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dc.contributor.authorTopalo?lu, Naci
dc.contributor.authorYildirim, Şule
dc.contributor.authorTekin, Mustafa
dc.contributor.authorUluda?, Ayşegül
dc.contributor.authorÖzgen, Kenan
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-27T19:00:38Z
dc.date.available2025-01-27T19:00:38Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.departmentÇanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractIntroduction: It is known that the trend toward alternative treatments is increasing each day regardless of the differences between communities. We aimed to detect alternative treatments in our region and to determine the thoughts of families about these treatments. Materials and Methods: A total of 214 patients presenting to General Pediatrics Outpatient Clinics of Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University Teaching and Research Hospital between October 2012 and February 2012 with fever, coughs, sore throat, wheezing and diagnosed as upper or lower respiratory tract infection and their parents are included in the study. Results: A total of 93.7% of parents were using non-drug applications with varying frequencies. Alternative practices are being used prior to drug treatment (62.7%), with drugs (28.7%), when there is no response to drugs (6.7%) or never (1.9%). Most common used applications to reduce cough was to give pure honey (30.6%) and the most common application to lower the fever was to use warm shower (48.1%). Most common source of information for these applications was relatives and family members. It was shown that the most requested resources to get information were doctors, nurses and other health care professionals with 84.5%. There was statistically signifi cant correlation between educational status and frequency of usage of non-drug applications. However, requested source of information did not change according to the educational status. Conclusions: As a result we thought that doctors and nurses dealing with child health and disease should obtain information about alternative treatments and help the parents about logical managements. © The Journal of Current Pediatrics, published by Galenos Publishing.
dc.identifier.doi10.4274/Jcp.11.04
dc.identifier.endpage26
dc.identifier.issn1304-9054
dc.identifier.issue1
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-84876015037
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ4
dc.identifier.startpage23
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.4274/Jcp.11.04
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12428/13411
dc.identifier.volume11
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherGalenos Yayincilik,
dc.relation.ispartofGuncel Pediatri
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.snmzKA_Scopus_20250125
dc.subjectAlternative treatment; Child; Respiratory tract infection
dc.titleAlternative treatment applications in children with respiratory tract infections in the West of Turkey
dc.title.alternativeTürkiye'nin Batısında Solunum Yolu Enfeksiyonu Geçiren Çocuklarda Alternatif Tedavi Uygulamaları
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