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OBJECTIVE@#This study explored the correlations between the use of complementary and integrative therapies (CITs) and symptoms among Turkish patients with familial Mediterranean fever (FMF).@*METHODS@#This is a cross-sectional and descriptive study. The study was conducted with 1119 FMF patients who were registered to the social networking site for Behcet's and the FMF Patients Association (Befemder) in Turkey, between January 2018 and February 2019. Data were collected using an online survey, for which a three-part questionnaire was created using a Google form. Descriptive statistics, chi-square test and logistic regression analysis were used to analyze the data.@*RESULTS@#It was determined that 53.2% of the individuals who participated in the research used various forms of CITs and that 32.8% used vitamin and mineral supplements (calcium, iron, and vitamin B12, C and D), 25.0% used nutritional supplements (fish oil and honey), and 24.6% used oral herbs (ginger, turmeric, green tea and rosemary) and mind-body methods (relaxation, respiration exercise and meditation). It was determined that the percentage of participants that used CITs was higher among women (odds ratio [OR] = 1.825; 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.421-2.344), those with joint pain (OR = 1.385; 95% CI 1.047-1.832), those with difficulty breathing (OR = 1.323; 95% CI 1.031-1.697), those with gastrointestinal symptoms (OR = 1.405; 95% CI 1.089-1.814) and those who had a family member with FMF (OR = 1.437; 95% CI 1.115-1.851).@*CONCLUSION@#More than half of the individuals used at least one type of CIT for symptom control.
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Female , Humans , Behcet Syndrome , Cross-Sectional Studies , Familial Mediterranean Fever/therapy , Surveys and Questionnaires , TurkeyABSTRACT
Este trabalho aborda a "Formação em auriculoterapia para os profissionais de saúde da Atenção Básica", oferecida através da parceria entre a Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina e o Ministério da Saúde, destacando a trajetória de implantação do atendimento de auriculoterapia em uma Unidade de Saúde do município de Porto Alegre/RS. A inserção das PIC - Práticas Integrativas e Complementares no Sistema Único de Saúde configura uma ação de ampliação de acesso e qualificação dos serviços, na perspectiva da integralidade da atenção à saúde da população; ademais, o espaço social das PIC tem valor antropológico e sua ascensão, juntamente com uma crise da atenção à saúde, reflete um cuidado à saúde mercantilizado e focado na doença, não no indivíduo e nas suas subjetividades. Trata-se de um relato de experiência em que a potencialidade está em compartilhar o impacto de uma formação em Auriculoterapia, repercutindo na implantação do atendimento em uma Unidade de Saúde da Família. (AU)
This study addresses training in auriculotherapy for primary healthcare professionals offered in partnership with the Federal University of Santa Catarina and the Ministry of Health, highlighting the process of implementing auriculotherapy care at a Health Unit in the municipality of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul state (RS). The insertion of complementary and integrative medicine (CIM) within the National Health System (SUS) is aimed at expanding access and qualifying services with a view to providing comprehensive healthcare the population; in addition, the social space of CIM holds anthropological value and its rise, along with a healthcare crisis, reflects a diseaseoriented and commodified approach to healthcare as opposed to focusing on individuals and their subjectivities. This is an experience report whose potential lies in sharing the impact of auriculotherapy training with a view to its implementation at a Family Health Unit. (AU)