Attitudes Of Nursing Students Toward Holistic Complemantary And Alternative Medicine

SUMMARY

Aim: This study was performed to evaluate attitudes of nursing students toward Holistic Complementary and Alternative Medicine.

Methods: The descriptive study was performed in a university of health school between dates of 17 October and November 28 in 2013. Population of the study is consisted of 337 students who were studying in health school in 2013-2014 academic years. Sample is consisted by 297 students who accepted to be in the study and available in that period when the study was performed. It was set a population sample, not to choose sample. It was gotten permission from school management and verbal agreement from students. Data’s were collected by using a indicative form and a scale of attitude toward Holistic Complementary and Alternative Medicine Questionnaire (HCAMQ). Statistical data analyses were performed by using SPSS 23.0 statistical program. Number percentage distribution, variance analysis and student t test were used for data analysis.

Results: It is determined 31.38 ±4.40 nursing students average point for scale of attitude toward holistic complementary and alternative. There is no any meaningful difference between students’ attitude points according to gender, class, education of their parents, number of brother or sister, socioeconomic status and using of complementary and alternative medicine (p>0.05)

Conclusions: It was determined that the students who read in the nursing department had positive and moderate attitudes towards complementary and alternative medicine.