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

IF 4.2 2区 医学 Q1 INTEGRATIVE & COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE
Fatma Uslu-Sahan , Ilknur Yesilcınar , Gonul Kurt , Elif Hancer , Gulten Guvenc
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Abstract

Objective

Patients with gynecological cancer commonly use complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) methods to cope with the disease. However, 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 unclear. This 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 CAM.

Methods

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 2021. Data 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 Scale. Descriptive statistics, t-test, Pearson’s correlation test, and simple linear and multiple regression analyses were performed to analyze the data.

Results

During the pandemic, 55.4% of the participants reported using CAM methods, but only 22.6% were using CAM before the pandemic. 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 score. Fear of COVID-19 and coronavirus anxiety together accounted for 53% of CAM attitude.

Conclusion

Gynecological cancer patients with high levels of COVID-19-related anxiety and fear during the pandemic used CAM more. Given 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 and fear experienced by patients with gynecological cancer. While the rational and effective CAM methods should be supported, strategies should be developed to prevent misuse of CAM and its interference in prescribed medical treatments.

Please cite this article as: Uslu-Sahan F, Yesilcınar I, Kurt G, Hancer E, Guvenc G. 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. J Integr Med. 2023; 21(4): 377–384.

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新冠肺炎大流行期间新冠肺炎恐惧和焦虑对妇科癌症妇女使用补充和替代药物态度的影响
目的妇科癌症患者通常采用辅助和替代医学(CAM)方法来应对疾病。然而,尽管存在治疗策略,但2019冠状病毒病(新冠肺炎)大流行引起的恐惧和焦虑对CAM使用态度的影响尚不清楚。本研究旨在调查新冠肺炎大流行期间妇科癌症患者的恐惧和焦虑对其使用CAM.方法本研究是一项横断面和描述性研究,包括177名妇科癌症患者;参与者是在2021年6月至12月期间从土耳其癌症患者的社交网站招募的。数据是通过在线调查收集的,包括个人信息表、对新冠肺炎的恐惧量表、冠状病毒焦虑量表和对整体补充和替代医学的态度量表。采用描述性统计、t检验、Pearson相关检验以及简单线性和多元回归分析对数据进行分析。结果在疫情期间,55.4%的参与者报告使用了CAM方法,但在疫情之前只有22.6%的参与者使用了CAM。与未使用CAM的参与者(分别为9.29±2.72和6.35±2.06)相比,在大流行期间使用CAM的受试者在对新冠肺炎的恐惧和冠状病毒焦虑量表上的得分也更高(分别为20.69±5.37和13.09±6.29)。对新冠肺炎的恐惧占CAM态度得分的52%,而对冠状病毒的焦虑占CAM态度评分的15%。对新冠肺炎的恐惧和对冠状病毒的焦虑共同占CAM态度的53%。结论癌症妇科新冠肺炎相关焦虑和恐惧水平高的患者在大流行期间更多地使用CAM。鉴于大流行的心理影响将在未来几年持续下去,应将CAM的使用作为一种应对策略进行评估,特别是考虑到妇科癌症患者所经历的与COVID-19相关的焦虑和恐惧。虽然应该支持合理有效的CAM方法,但应该制定策略,防止CAM的滥用及其对处方医疗的干扰。请引用本文为:Uslu-Sahan F,Yesilcınar I,Kurt G,Hancer E,Guvenc G.新冠肺炎恐惧和焦虑对新冠肺炎大流行期间妇科癌症患者使用补充和替代药物态度的影响。国际医学杂志,2023;21(4):377–384。
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Journal of Integrative Medicine-Jim
Journal of Integrative Medicine-Jim Medicine-Complementary and Alternative Medicine
CiteScore
9.20
自引率
4.20%
发文量
3319
期刊介绍: The predecessor of JIM is the Journal of Chinese Integrative Medicine (Zhong Xi Yi Jie He Xue Bao). With this new, English-language publication, we are committed to make JIM an international platform for publishing high-quality papers on complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) and an open forum in which the different professions and international scholarly communities can exchange views, share research and their clinical experience, discuss CAM education, and confer about issues and problems in our various disciplines and in CAM as a whole in order to promote integrative medicine. JIM is indexed/abstracted in: MEDLINE/PubMed, ScienceDirect, Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, Embase, Chemical Abstracts (CA), CAB Abstracts, EBSCO, WPRIM, JST China, Chinese Science Citation Database (CSCD), and China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI). JIM Editorial Office uses ThomsonReuters ScholarOne Manuscripts as submitting and review system (submission link: http://mc03.manuscriptcentral.com/jcim-en). JIM is published bimonthly. Manuscripts submitted to JIM should be written in English. Article types include but are not limited to randomized controlled and pragmatic trials, translational and patient-centered effectiveness outcome studies, case series and reports, clinical trial protocols, preclinical and basic science studies, systematic reviews and meta-analyses, papers on methodology and CAM history or education, conference proceedings, editorials, commentaries, short communications, book reviews, and letters to the editor. Our purpose is to publish a prestigious international journal for studies in integrative medicine. To achieve this aim, we seek to publish high-quality papers on any aspects of integrative medicine, such as acupuncture and traditional Chinese medicine, Ayurveda medicine, herbal medicine, homeopathy, nutrition, chiropractic, mind-body medicine, taichi, qigong, meditation, and any other modalities of CAM; our commitment to international scope ensures that research and progress from all regions of the world are widely covered. These ensure that articles published in JIM have the maximum exposure to the international scholarly community. JIM can help its authors let their papers reach the widest possible range of readers, and let all those who share an interest in their research field be concerned with their study.
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