complementary and alternative medicine usage and its determinant factors among infertile men in iran

Objective: this study aimed to assess the use of some complementary and alternative medicine (cam) techniques in infertile men. materials and methods: 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. results: 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. conclusion: the results showed that almost three quarters of the infertile men used cam indicating a high prevalence of cam usage among them.