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The Use of Complementary Medicine During Childbearing Years: A Multi-Country Study of Women From the Middle East

The prevalence of self-prescribed complementary medicine (CM) use is an area of concern across the Middle East. We conducted a descriptive qualitative study to describe women’s use of CM during their childbearing years in Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Iran. The study conducted using face to face a...

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Autores principales: Arabiat, Diana, Whitehead, Lisa, Gaballah, Samia, Nejat, Nazi, Galal, Ebtehal, Abu Sabah, Eman, Smadi, Nazek, Saadeh, Inas, Khlaif, Randa
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Publicado: SAGE Publications 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8753066/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35036476
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/23333936211042616
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author Arabiat, Diana
Whitehead, Lisa
Gaballah, Samia
Nejat, Nazi
Galal, Ebtehal
Abu Sabah, Eman
Smadi, Nazek
Saadeh, Inas
Khlaif, Randa
author_facet Arabiat, Diana
Whitehead, Lisa
Gaballah, Samia
Nejat, Nazi
Galal, Ebtehal
Abu Sabah, Eman
Smadi, Nazek
Saadeh, Inas
Khlaif, Randa
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description The prevalence of self-prescribed complementary medicine (CM) use is an area of concern across the Middle East. We conducted a descriptive qualitative study to describe women’s use of CM during their childbearing years in Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Iran. The study conducted using face to face audio-recorded interviews with 70 participants. Our findings showed that women used several herbal plants to ease pain and discomfort during menstruation and/or during pregnancy and in postpartum care. Acupuncture, meditation, and massage were less likely to be used by women. The impact of CM was often described in relation to perceived usefulness and safety of herbs. Cultural beliefs and roles of women contributed to the use of herbs among women. Given the high use of herbal medicine, there is a need for discussion about the potential of adverse effects of some plants or their metabolites following self-medication during the childbearing years.
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spelling pubmed-87530662022-01-13 The Use of Complementary Medicine During Childbearing Years: A Multi-Country Study of Women From the Middle East Arabiat, Diana Whitehead, Lisa Gaballah, Samia Nejat, Nazi Galal, Ebtehal Abu Sabah, Eman Smadi, Nazek Saadeh, Inas Khlaif, Randa Glob Qual Nurs Res Single-Method Research Article The prevalence of self-prescribed complementary medicine (CM) use is an area of concern across the Middle East. We conducted a descriptive qualitative study to describe women’s use of CM during their childbearing years in Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Iran. The study conducted using face to face audio-recorded interviews with 70 participants. Our findings showed that women used several herbal plants to ease pain and discomfort during menstruation and/or during pregnancy and in postpartum care. Acupuncture, meditation, and massage were less likely to be used by women. The impact of CM was often described in relation to perceived usefulness and safety of herbs. Cultural beliefs and roles of women contributed to the use of herbs among women. Given the high use of herbal medicine, there is a need for discussion about the potential of adverse effects of some plants or their metabolites following self-medication during the childbearing years. SAGE Publications 2022-01-10 /pmc/articles/PMC8753066/ /pubmed/35036476 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/23333936211042616 Text en © The Author(s) 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
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Arabiat, Diana
Whitehead, Lisa
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Abu Sabah, Eman
Smadi, Nazek
Saadeh, Inas
Khlaif, Randa
The Use of Complementary Medicine During Childbearing Years: A Multi-Country Study of Women From the Middle East
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title_sort use of complementary medicine during childbearing years: a multi-country study of women from the middle east
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8753066/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35036476
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/23333936211042616
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