“…With this aspect, our study is the first study in literature. According to whole literature, CAM methods are used mostly by the patients/the individuals who have musculoskeletal problems, such as rheumatoid arthritis, and chronic back and neck pain (Mahan, Mao, & Brinkley, 2013;Karahancı, Oztoprak, & Ersoy, 2015). In one of the studies, it was reported that almost half of the rheumatic patients has used at least one of the CAM methods (Mbizo, Okafor, Sutton, Burkhart, & Stone, 2016), while in another study, it was reported that the CAM methods most commonly applied by the patients with rheumatoid arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis were herbal products and hydrotherapy/hot springs (Ulusoy, Gucer, Aksu, et al, 2012).…”