JURNAL INTERNASIONAL KEBIDANAN 2020-2023 UNIVERSITAS KEDOKTERAN GUILAN VOLUME 32 ISSUE 1.
JOURNAL OF HOLISTIC NURSING OF MIDWIFERY.
Complementary and Integrative Medicines Used by Cancer Patients to Cope With Chemotherapy-Related Taste Alterations
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JURNAL INTERNASIONAL KEBIDANAN 2020-2023 UNIVERSITAS KEDOKTERAN GUILAN VOLUME 32 ISSUE 1.
JOURNAL OF HOLISTIC NURSING OF MIDWIFERY.
Complementary and Integrative Medicines Used by Cancer Patients to Cope With Chemotherapy-Related Taste Alterations
JOURNAL OF HOLISTIC NURSING OF MIDWIFERY.
Complementary and Integrative Medicines Used by Cancer Patients to Cope With Chemotherapy-Related Taste Alterations
Subject
Integrative Medicine, Complementary Therapies, Cancer, Taste alteration, Nursing
Description
Introduction: Cancer is a global health problem. Taste change is one of the most common
symptoms in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy. Cancer patients often use
Complementary and Integrative Medicine (CIM) to manage chemotherapy complications.
Objective: This study aimed to evaluate CIM used by cancer patients to cope with
chemotherapy-related taste alterations.
Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was carried out on 318 cancer patients
receiving chemotherapy in an oncology hospital in Malatya City, Turkey. The samples
were recruited by convenience sampling method. The study data were collected with a
data form developed by the research team. Written permissions were obtained from all
participants and the Ethics Committee. Frequencies, mean scores, and standard deviation
were used to present descriptive findings. The independent t-test, Chi-square test, and
multivariate logistic regression analysis were used to analyze the obtained data.
Results: The Mean±SD age of the patients was 65.18±8.36 years, and the mean duration of
their diseases was 35.34±16.27 months. About 54.1% of the patients were female, and 42.8%
had some information about CIM. Their primary source of information was other patients
(49.6%), and 34.9% used CIM to cope with chemotherapy-related taste alterations. The most
common method used was phytotherapy (50.5%), and the most commonly used herb was
miracle fruit (21.4%). It was also determined that the frequency of CIM use was affected by
age, illness duration, gender, living in a city, family history of cancer, having breast cancer,
having information on CIM, having metastasis, and lacking complications (R2
= 0.426, P=0.025).
Conclusion: Cancer patients frequently use CIM to cope with chemotherapy-related taste
alterations, and phytotherapy was the most commonly-used CIM.
symptoms in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy. Cancer patients often use
Complementary and Integrative Medicine (CIM) to manage chemotherapy complications.
Objective: This study aimed to evaluate CIM used by cancer patients to cope with
chemotherapy-related taste alterations.
Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was carried out on 318 cancer patients
receiving chemotherapy in an oncology hospital in Malatya City, Turkey. The samples
were recruited by convenience sampling method. The study data were collected with a
data form developed by the research team. Written permissions were obtained from all
participants and the Ethics Committee. Frequencies, mean scores, and standard deviation
were used to present descriptive findings. The independent t-test, Chi-square test, and
multivariate logistic regression analysis were used to analyze the obtained data.
Results: The Mean±SD age of the patients was 65.18±8.36 years, and the mean duration of
their diseases was 35.34±16.27 months. About 54.1% of the patients were female, and 42.8%
had some information about CIM. Their primary source of information was other patients
(49.6%), and 34.9% used CIM to cope with chemotherapy-related taste alterations. The most
common method used was phytotherapy (50.5%), and the most commonly used herb was
miracle fruit (21.4%). It was also determined that the frequency of CIM use was affected by
age, illness duration, gender, living in a city, family history of cancer, having breast cancer,
having information on CIM, having metastasis, and lacking complications (R2
= 0.426, P=0.025).
Conclusion: Cancer patients frequently use CIM to cope with chemotherapy-related taste
alterations, and phytotherapy was the most commonly-used CIM.
Creator
Tuğba Menekli , Yasemin Yildirim
Date
January 2022, Volume 32, Number
Contributor
peri irawan
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english
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Tuğba Menekli , Yasemin Yildirim, “JURNAL INTERNASIONAL KEBIDANAN 2020-2023 UNIVERSITAS KEDOKTERAN GUILAN VOLUME 32 ISSUE 1.
JOURNAL OF HOLISTIC NURSING OF MIDWIFERY.
Complementary and Integrative Medicines Used by Cancer Patients to Cope With Chemotherapy-Related Taste Alterations,” Repository Horizon University Indonesia, accessed October 14, 2024, https://repository.horizon.ac.id/items/show/913.
JOURNAL OF HOLISTIC NURSING OF MIDWIFERY.
Complementary and Integrative Medicines Used by Cancer Patients to Cope With Chemotherapy-Related Taste Alterations,” Repository Horizon University Indonesia, accessed October 14, 2024, https://repository.horizon.ac.id/items/show/913.