Türk Tıp Öğrencileri Araştırma Dergisi
Yazarlar: Yakup YAVAŞ, Ali Han SEZGİN, Selen BİLGET, Hazal ARAS, Büşra VAROL, Uğur DEMİR, Emre Alp FİTOZ, Burcu DEMİR, Meltem YETER, Havva Esma TAŞKIN, Ahmet MUSMUL, Kevser EROL
Konular:Sağlık Bilimleri ve Hizmetleri
Anahtar Kelimeler:Engeneering students,Food supplements
Özet: In order to be healthier, the use of food supplements is gradually increasing. They have a wide spectrum including generally the vitamins, minerals, amino acids, essential oil acids, residuum, and several plants and their extracts. The overconsumption of them may cause serious health problems by way of comprehension that “natural pruducts are harmless”. This study was planned to determine the awareness, knowledge and attitude, on the uses of plants and plant products among the medical and engineering students. One hundred questionnaires were given and asked to be filled out voluntarily by each group of ESOGU students. Afterwards, these questionnaires were evaluated. The continuous quantitative variables were given as mean± standard deviation. The categorical variables were expressed as n and %. Chi-sqare tests were used for these variables. Two Proportions Z Test was used to compare the dual rate on composed Chi-sqare tables. The values of P<0.05 were accepted as significant. IBM SPSS Statistics 21 packet program was used to analyze the data. There was no difference in gender, parents’ graduation and monthly income in terms of the use and possible adverse effects of plant products. The rate of thinking that there may be adverse effects of plant products and the doctor should be informed about the use of these products was higher in medical students than engineering students. The rate of believing that plant products are safe and can be used as a substitute of drug treatment and of using alternative treatment methods were higher among engineering students. The most prefferred alternative treatment methods were plant products follwed by the massage, particularly among medical students. There was an impression that medical students have a more rational approach towards the use and safety of plant products among medical students compared to the engineering students.