Usage and attitudes related to complementary and alternative medicine among Turkish academicians on the basis of the five-factor model of personality: A multi-centered study

GÖK METİN Z., KARADAŞ C., ÖZDEMİR L.

COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES IN MEDICINE, cilt.44, ss.151-156, 2019 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 44
  • Basım Tarihi: 2019
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.ctim.2019.04.012
  • Dergi Adı: COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES IN MEDICINE
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.151-156
  • Hacettepe Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Objectives: As the popularity of complementary and alternative medicines (CAM) is increasing, it is important to understand the characteristics of people that make them to be attracted toward CAM and influence their attitudes. The purpose of the present study was to examine the associations between the socio-demographic characteristics of people as assessed by the a five-factor model and the attitudes toward CAM modalities among Turkish academicians.