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Yaşlılarda Geleneksel ve Tamamlayıcı Tıp Uygulamalarına Güncel Bir Bakış: Geleneksel Derleme
A Current Look at Traditional and Complementary Medicine Practices in the Elderly: Traditional Review
Servet KALYONCUOa, Özlem CEYHANa
aErciyes Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi, İç Hastalıkları Hemşireliği ABD, Kayseri, Türkiye
Turkiye Klinikleri J Health Sci. 2023;8(1):176-82
doi: 10.5336/healthsci.2022-90049
Article Language: TR
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 Tüm dünyada beklenen yaşam süresinin uzaması ile birlikte yaşlı sayısındaki artış dikkat çekici bir hâle gelmiştir. Yaşlanmayla beraber kronik hastalıklar, kullanılan ilaçların yan etkileri, hastalıklarla baş edememe ve hastalıkların sonucunda ortaya çıkan semptomlar gibi pek çok olumsuz durum ortaya çıkmaktadır. Yaşlılar, ortaya çıkan bu olumsuz durumları azaltmak için pek çok yöntem denemektedirler. Bu yöntemlerden biri de geleneksel ve tamamlayıcı tıp (GTT) uygulamalarıdır. Yaşlılarda özellikle bağışıklık sistemini kuvvetlendirme, ilaçların yan etkilerini azaltma, ağrı yönetimi, kronik hastalıklarda semptom yönetimini sağlama ve yaşam kalitesini artırma gibi istekler, modern tedavi yöntemlerinden beklentinin karşılanmaması, ruhsal ve fiziksel olarak daha iyi hissetme gibi pek çok sebep GTT uygulamalarına olan ilgiyi de artırmıştır. Ancak yaşlıların var olan kronik hastalıkları, kullandıkları çoklu ilaçlar nedeni ile özellikle bu yöntemleri kullanmaları ayrıca risk oluşturmaktadır. Literatürde görüldüğü üzere özellikle yaşlıların GTT yöntemlerinden bitkisel ürünleri tercih etmeleri, bilgi kaynağı olarak arkadaş ve çevrelerinden yararlanmaları durumu daha da riskli hâle getirmektedir. Bu doğrultuda yaşlıları mevcut risklerden korumak için bakımları esnasında GTT uygulamaları konusunda onlardan bilgi alınması, doğru yöntem ve uygulama almaları için güvenli merkezlere yönlendirilmeleri oldukça önemlidir. Bu derleme ile yaşlı bireylerin GTT uygulamalarını kullanma durumları, kullanma nedenleri, bilgi kaynakları ve yaşlı bireylerde GTT uygulamalarının etkileri hakkında bir çerçeve oluşturulması amaçlanmıştır.

Anahtar Kelimeler: Yaşlı; tamamlayıcı terapiler; hemşirelik
ABSTRACT
 With the prolongation of life expectancy all over the world, the increase in the number of the elderly has become remarkable. Along with aging, many negative conditions such as chronic diseases, the side effects of the drugs used, the inability to cope with the diseases and the symptoms that occur as a result of the diseases arise. The elderly try many methods to reduce these negative situations. One of these methods is traditional and complementary medicine (TCM) practices. Many reasons such as strengthening the immune system, reducing the side effects of drugs, pain management, symptom management in chronic diseases and increasing the quality of life in the elderly, not meeting expectations from modern treatment methods, feeling better mentally and physically, have led to the interest in TCM applications. However, the use of these methods in particular by the elderly, due to their existing chronic diseases and the multiple drugs they use, also poses a risk. As it is seen in the literature, especially the elderly prefer herbal products from TCM methods and benefit from their friends and circles as a source of information, making the situation even more risky. In this respect, it is very important to get information from them about TCM practices during their care in order to protect the elderly from existing risks, and to direct them to safe centers in order to get the right method and application. With this review, it is aimed to create a framework about the use of TCM practices by the elderly, the reasons for using them, information sources and the effects of TCM practices on the elderly.

Keywords: Elderly; complementary therapies; nursing
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