From: Patients visiting the complementary medicine clinic for pain: a cross sectional study
 | N = 163 | |
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 | N | % |
Reason for visiting the complementary medicine clinic (Total may exceed 100% as more than one category could be marked): | Â | Â |
To complement conventional treatments | 82 | 50.3 |
Disappointment from conventional medicine | 55 | 33.7 |
Success of complementary medicine for family member/friend | 45 | 27.6 |
Complementary medicine is known to be successful for the problem I am suffering from | 43 | 26.4 |
Complementary medicine does not have side affects | 38 | 23.3 |
Other | 19 | 11.7 |
Complementary medicine relate to my problem more seriously | 16 | 9.9 |
Complementary medicine gives explanations for the problems that I am suffering from | 15 | 9.2 |
Disappointment from the conventional clinic's staff members | 5 | 3 |
How can the conventional treatment be useful (Total may exceed 100% as more than one category could be marked): | Â | Â |
Physical strength | 83 | 50.9 |
Mental strength | 51 | 31.3 |
To avoid invasive treatment | 37 | 22.7 |
Don't know | 32 | 19.6 |
Raising awareness for self-treatment | 27 | 16.6 |
Ease the pain | 11 | 6.7 |
Annulment of pain | 9 | 5.5 |
Other | 6 | 3.7 |
Have you experienced complementary medicine treatment in the past? | Â | Â |
Yes | 65 | 43.0 |
No | 86 | 57.0 |
Type of treatment experienced in the past (Total may exceed 100% as more than one category could be marked): | 151 | (mis = 12) |
Acupuncture | 38 | 23.3 |
Reflexology | 27 | 16.6 |
Shiatsu | 18 | 11.0 |
Chiropractic | 11 | 6.7 |
Other | 10 | 6.1 |
Herbal medicine | 5 | 3.1 |
Biofeedback | 4 | 2.5 |
Homeopathy | 3 | 1.8 |
Naturopathy | 3 | 1.8 |