The use of complementary and alternative medicine by 7427 Australian women with cyclic perimenstrual pain and discomfort: a cross-sectional study

Table 1 The association between cyclic perimenstrual pain and discomfort (CPPD) and consultations with complementary and alternative medicine practitioners

Cyclic perimenstrual pain and discomfort symptoms	Chiropractor		Osteopath		Massage Therapist		Acupuncturist		Naturopath/Herbalist		Other CAM Practitioner
Cyclic perimenstrual pain and discomfort symptoms	Yes (n = 1480)	No (n = 5929)	Yes (n = 621)	No (n = 6781)	Yes (n = 3152)	No (n = 4260)	Yes (n = 667)	No (n = 6733)	Yes (n = 835)	No (n = 6567)	Yes (n = 568)	No (n = 6833)
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Endometriosis ^C,D,E
No Yes	95 5	96 4	96 4	96 4	95 5	97 3	93 7	97 3	94 6	97 3	95 5	96 4
PMS ^{C, D, E, F}
Never Rarely Sometimes Often	36 22 29 13	38 21 28 13	33 22 28 17	38 21 28 13	34 22 30 14	40 21 27 12	31 21 31 17	38 21 28 13	29 19 31 21	39 21 28 12	29 22 32 17	38 21 28 13
Irregular Periods ^E
Never Rarely Sometimes Often	62 14 15 9	61 17 13 9	64 16 12 8	61 16 14 9	61 16 14 9	61 17 13 9	58 17 14 11	62 16 13 9	56 17 16 11	62 16 13 9	57 16 16 11	62 16 13 9
Heavy Periods ^E
Never Rarely Sometimes Often	51 19 18 12	53 17 19 11	54 16 19 11	52 18 19 11	52 18 19 11	53 17 18 12	52 17 19 12	53 18 18 11	46 18 21 15	53 18 18 11	49 20 17 14	53 17 19 11
Painful Periods ^D,E
Never Rarely Sometimes Often	53 24 15 8	53 22 17 8	52 22 17 9	53 23 16 8	51 24 17 8	54 22 16 8	48 23 18 11	54 22 16 8	48 24 15 13	54 23 16 7	48 24 18 10	53 23 16 8

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