Affiliation:
1. AFYONKARAHISAR HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY, SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, DEPARTMENT OF BASIC MEDICAL SCIENCES, DEPARTMENT OF HISTOLOGY AND EMBRYOLOGY
2. AFYONKARAHISAR HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY, SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Abstract
Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the attitudes of students continuing their education in the medical and dental faculties, as well as the nursing and physiotherapy and rehabilitation departments of the Faculty of Health Sciences at Afyonkarahisar Health Sciences University, towards traditional and complementary medicine (T&CM) practices.
Material-Method: The study population consisted of students enrolled in the medical, dental, nursing, physiotherapy, and rehabilitation departments of the Faculty of Health Sciences. To reach more participants, the questionnaires and scales were transferred to the Google Forms application, and the survey link was sent to the students via platforms such as email, WhatsApp, and Telegram. The statistical analysis of the data was performed using the SPSS 25.0 package program, and a significance level of p
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