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    Clinical characteristics of essential and physiological tremor in Orhangazi district of Bursa, Turkey: A population based study
    (Journal Neurological Sciences, 2009) Erer, Sevda; Zarifoğlu, Mehmet; Karlı, Necdet; Özçakır, Alis; Çavdar, Çiğdem; Ocakoğlu, Gökhan; Uludağ Üniversitesi/Tıp Fakültesi/Nöroloji Anabilim Dalı.; Uludağ Üniversitesi/Tıp Fakültesi/Aile Hekimliği Anabilim Dalı.; Uludağ Üniversitesi/Tıp Fakültesi/Biyoistatistik Anabilim Dalı.; 0000-0001-5588-2037; AAH-5180-2021; AAG-8209-2021; 25635370800; 6603411305; 6506587942; 9733230000; 25935825700; 15832295800
    To find out the estimated prevalence and clinical features of tremor and its subtypes, such as essential tremor (ET) or physiological tremor (PT), by means of a population-based study in the Orhangazi district of Bursa, Turkey. Our study was carried out between June 2004 and September 2005 among adults aged 40 years or more in Orhangazi, Bursa, Turkey. This population-based study was planned in 3 phases. In phase 1, face-to-face home interviews with 1124 subjects were carried out by residents of the departments of neurology and family medicine, using a short questionnaire; 247 persons had symptoms indicative of tremor. Of the persons with tremor symptoms in phase 1, 48 did not continue to phase 2. In phase 2, participants were videotaped and evaluated by movement disorders specialists by using scales specific to tremor. In phase 3, video recordings of all identified patients were reviewed and final diagnoses were made through a consensus of all three specialists. In the study population, the prevalence rate of ET was found to be 3.34%; of PT, 4.14%; and all types of tremor, 9.00%. There was no significant variability according to gender and age groups in prevalence rate of ET, PT. ET and PT showed significant comorbidity with hypertension (HT), rheumatological disease, diabetes mellitus (DM), and asthma.
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    What influences herbal medicine use? - Prevalence and related factors
    (TÜBİTAK, 2008-10) Aydın, Serpil; Bozkaya, Ayfer Oklay; Mazıcıoğlu, Mustafa Mümtaz; Özturk, Ahmet; Gemalmaz, Ayfer; Özçakır, Alis; Uludağ Üniversitesi/Tıp Fakültesi/Aile Hekimliği Anabilim Dalı.; 0000-0002-6458-2906; 0000-0001-5588-2037; 0000-0002-7130-5624; H-4382-2013; H-4382-2013; H-4382-2013; 9733230000
    Aims: The use and cost of complementary/alternative medicine (CAM) has been gaining in importance worldwide. Herbal medicine is one of the most commonly used methods. To understand the effectiveness, reliability, and quality of CAM and provide standardization in its analysis, its prevalence and the factors influencing its use must be identified. This study was conducted to identify the prevalence of CAM use and the effective factors in our population. Materials and Methods: A stratified multistage probability sampling design was used in this cross-sectional, population-based study, which was conducted in Aydin. Participants were interviewed face to face by trained inter-viewers with a questionnaire. The answers for the open-ended questions were categorized. Univariate and multiple (backward Wald) logistic regression and chi-square test were used for the statistical analysis. A P value <0.05 was considered as statistically significant. Results: Totally, 873 people completed the questionnaire; 539 (61.7%) were female, 334 (38.3%) were male. Fifty-eight percent of the participants (n: 511) reported that they had used a CAM method at least once in the previous year. More than half of the participants had used herbal medicine (55.4%), and the Most commonly used herb was lime (n: 426, 88.1%). The reasons for the use of herbal medicine were mostly for prevention and for treatment. In the previous year, 233 (26.7%) of the participants stated that they had applied one of the CAM methods as a treatment for their children. Health status perception, being a nonsmoker and belief that "CAM was superior to conventional medicine" were determined as the factors that influenced CAM use. Conclusions: CAM, especially herbal medicine. is commonly used in our population, and individuals use these methods not only for themselves but also for their children.