EVALUATION OF RESORTING TO TRADITIONAL PRACTICES BY ELDERLY PEOPLE DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Kazım BAŞ

doi:https://doi.org/10.48121/jihsam.1074701

Makale detayları

EVALUATION OF RESORTING TO TRADITIONAL PRACTICES BY ELDERLY PEOPLE DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Yazarlar:

Kazım BAŞ

Yayıncı:

Sedat BOSTAN

Ana Başlıklar:

Sosyal refah sorunları ve hizmetleri

Dergi:

Journal of International Health Sciences and Management 2022 Vol.8 Issue 15, pp.75-83

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

4/2022

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000484043

Sıklık:

İki Yıllık

eISSN:

2149-9519

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.48121/jihsam.1074701

Özet:

 

Background: The coronavirus pandemic has been affected all age groups, especially the elderly people. Individual measures are taken by elderly people to protect aganist to the disease.
Objective: This study aims to determine the status of resorting to traditional practices by elderly people during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Method: This descriptive and cross-sectional study was conducted with 453 elderly individuals residing in a province in eastern Turkey, between May and October 2021. The research data were collected online using a survey form through Google forms. The data obtained were analyzed by numbers and percentiles in the SPSS 24 package program.
Results: Of the elderly individuals with an average age of 72.84±7.76 years, 64.9% had one or more chronic diseases. Of the elderly, 43.0% had health problems during the COVID-19 pandemic, 24.9% was on a diet for protection against COVID-19, 82.7% had life changes, and 63.1% was resorting to herbal methods.
Conclusion: The elderly individuals were observed to resort to traditional practices for protection against the COVID-19.

Makale detayları

EVALUATION OF RESORTING TO TRADITIONAL PRACTICES BY ELDERLY PEOPLE DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Yazarlar: Kazım BAŞ

Yayıncı: Sedat BOSTAN

Ana Başlıklar: Sosyal refah sorunları ve hizmetleri

Dergi: Journal of International Health Sciences and Management 2022 Vol.8 Issue 15, pp.75-83

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 4/2022

Belge Dili: İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.): 2000484043

Sıklık: İki Yıllık

eISSN: 2149-9519

DOI: https://doi.org/10.48121/jihsam.1074701

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Kazım BAŞ

Yayıncı:

Sedat BOSTAN

Ana Başlıklar:

Sosyal refah sorunları ve hizmetleri

Dergi:

Journal of International Health Sciences and Management 2022 Vol.8 Issue 15, pp.75-83

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

4/2022

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000484043

Sıklık:

İki Yıllık

eISSN:

2149-9519

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.48121/jihsam.1074701