Changes in attitudes toward and patterns in traditional Korean medicine among the general population in South Korea: a comparison between 2008 and 2011

Table 5 TKM and/or CAM surveys conducted among the general public in South Korea

Year	TKM or CAM	Age (yrs)	No. of modalities included in the questionnaire	Corresponding usage rate	References
1999	CAM	≥18	31	29%	[13]
2006	CAM	30-69	27	74.8%	[14]
2008	TKM	20-69	7	45.8%	[12]
2011	TKM	20-69	7	69.3%

Note. TKM = traditional Korean medicine; CAM = complementary and alternative medicine. TKM is a subset of CAM that originated from Korean traditional knowledge and literature.

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