[Attitudes, knowledge and use of complementary and alternative medicine among perioperative healthcare professionals]

Perioperative healthcare professionals' attitudes towards non-conventional treatments have not been explored in Hungary yet.

Our goal was to survey healthcare professionals' attitude and knowledge towards naturopathy in six clinics of the Semmelweis University that provide perioperative care.

An anonymous, paper-based questionnaire was used. With an 82% response rate, the data was gained from 119 questionnaires and was processed using statistical analysis and chi-squared test.

Only 25.2% of those surveyed considered themselves to be well-informed in this field. 68.1% of the participants had an interest in naturopathy and 60.5% would have liked to learn about naturopathy. 70.6% would be willing to use non-conventional treatments in their daily work, predominantly those who have used these methods in the case of their own illness, p = 0.0027. The most popular treatment methods included homeopathy, alternative massage and movement therapy, acupuncture and manual therapy.

As anticipated based on international literature in this field, those Hungarian healthcare professionals who took part in our survey showed openness and interest towards naturopathy. Orv. Hetil., 2017, 158(10), 368-375.