Tehran University of Medical Sciences Journal of Family and Reproductive Health 1735-8949 14 3 2020 11 22 180 185 EN Fatemeh Ghaedi Heidari Nursing and Midwifery School, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran Mahlagha Dehghan Nursing Research Center, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran Sima Mokhtarabadi Shafa Hospital, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran 2020 03 29 2020 09 22 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. https://jfrh.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jfrh/article/view/1344 https://jfrh.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jfrh/article/download/1344/531