Complementary and Alternative Medicine Usage and Its Determinant Factors Among Infertile Men in Iran

This study aimed to assess the use of some Complementary and Alternative Medicine
(CAM) techniques in infertile men.

This cross-sectional study was conducted on 102 infertile men referred to the only center of infertility in Kerman, Iran using convenience sampling. Data were collected using a
two-part researcher-made questionnaire and analyzed using descriptive and analytical statistics (chi-square test and logistic regression) with SPSS 16.

According to the present study, 72.5% of subjects used at least one of the CAM methods in the past year. Among them 28.4% of the subjects have used one CAM technique, 13.7% have used two techniques, 8.8% have used three techniques, 9.8% have used four techniques, and 11.8% have used more than four techniques since the last year. None of the socio-demographic characteristics had significant association with being the user of complementary and alternative medicines.

The results showed that almost three quarters of the infertile men used CAM indicating a high prevalence of CAM usage among them.