Danielle Wright, David Bodecker, Alexander Ulfers, Logan Peterson
Pilot Study: Developing Curriculum to Prepare Fourth-Year Medical Students Applying for OBGYN Residency Within the Defense Health Agency
Military medicine
health literacy defined capacity individual acquire interpret understand basic health information services improve health cancer patients often turn complementary alternative medicine cam cope diagnosis treatment processes study aimed determine effects healthliteracy levels oncology patients use cam research team conducted descriptive crosssectional study using 95 confidence interval 095 power ratio analysis performed g power statistical analysis program version 31 study sample calculated minimum 120 people study took place turkey outpatient chemotherapy oncology unit ondokuz mayis universitys health application research center february 2019 january 2020 participants 200 oncology patients treated unit data collected using introductory information form health literacy scale hls holistic complementary alternative health questionnaire hcamq results analyzed using percentages means spearman correlation analysis mann whitney u kruskal walls tests 200 participants 54 women 380 ages 57 69 535 primary school graduates 36 stage4 cancer patients common side effect chemotherapy fatigue weakness 805 experiencing symptoms concerning cam use 425 used least one cam method 447 individuals stated resorted methods reduce treatments negative effects participants health literacy levels high moderately positive attitudes toward cam significant relationship existed healthliteracy levels attitudes toward cam p 219 however strengthening health literacy preventive practice correct reliable use cam