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Table 6 Prevalence of the use of KM therapies in 2014

From: Changes in trust and the use of Korean medicine in South Korea: a comparison of surveys in 2011 and 2014

Category

Acupuncture

Moxibustion

Cupping

Herbal medicines

Chuna*

Physical therapy

Others

P-value

(Average)

(91.2)

(27.6)

(30.8)

(38.2)

(7.1)

(0.2)

(0.2)

 

Gender

       

0.523

 Male

90.9

26.7

28.8

34.7

6.7

0.0

0.0

 

 Female

91.5

28.5

32.6

41.4

7.5

0.3

0.3

 

Age (yr)

       

0.316

 20–29

86.7

28.6

28.6

37.1

3.8

1.0

0.0

 

 30–39

95.7

29.1

41.0

36.8

8.5

0.0

0.0

 

 40–49

93.0

26.8

26.1

41.5

8.5

0.0

0.7

 

 50–59

89.5

28.3

31.6

37.5

4.6

0.0

0.0

 

 60–69

90.9

25.0

26.1

37.5

11.4

0.0

0.0

 

Region of residence

       

0.029

 Seoul

92.2

25.2

30.2

41.1

5.3

0.3

0.0

 

 Daejeon

85.7

20.4

36.7

46.9

8.2

0.0

0.0

 

 Daegu

92.0

32.0

26.7

26.7

5.3

0.0

1.3

 

 Busan

92.2

31.3

25.2

38.3

10.4

0.0

0.0

 

 Gwangju

86.4

36.4

50.0

27.3

13.6

0.0

0.0

 

KM trust

       

0.000

 Trust

91.1

27.6

31.4

41.5

7.0

0.2

0.0

 

 Neutral

92.8

28.7

30.5

31.7

6.6

0.0

0.0

 

 Distrust

80.0

20.0

20.0

25.0

15.0

0.0

5.0

 
  1. Averages are represented as (n). The 632 respondents who had experience with KM therapies were surveyed. These questions allowed for multiple answers. The values represent percentages of participants. *Chuna may involve chiropractic, Chuna, and other similar manual therapies primarily designed for back pain. A comparison of the corresponding 2011 data is shown in Table 3 of the Additional file 3