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Table 2 Visiting health care providers

From: An assessment of the use of complementary and alternative medicine by Korean people using an adapted version of the standardized international questionnaire (I-CAM-QK): a cross-sectional study of an internet survey

Health care providers

Visiteda (%)

Motivationa (%)

Helpfulnessa (%) (Very and somewhat)

Number of visitb

Acute illnessc

Long-term illnessd

Improvement of well-being

Others

Physicians

67.9

35.1

30.0

27.7

7.2

94.8

2.6

Korean medical doctor

20.7

26.7

29.6

38.3

5.5

89.6

3.0

Dentist

35.9

23.1

22.2

46.5

8.2

97.0

1.7

Pharmacist

43.5

42.0

20.7

33.1

4.3

93.2

3.0

Nurse

22.4

41.4

19.8

31.8

7.0

93.6

2.9

Maternity nurse

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

100.0

100.0

1.0

Massage practitioner / Acupressure therapist

9.7

6.8

14.8

75.3

3.1

89.5

2.8

Acupuncturist / Moxibustionist

2.0

21.2

42.4

36.4

0.0

90.9

2.9

Judo therapist (Bonesetter)

0.3

40.0

40.0

20.0

0.0

100.0

2.2

Nutritionist

1.6

3.7

0.0

92.6

3.7

77.8

4.9

Yoga instructor

3.6

0.0

6.7

90.0

3.3

88.4

11.5

Chiropractor

1.4

20.8

37.5

41.7

0.0

83.4

2.2

Manual therapist

3.7

24.6

34.4

39.3

1.6

88.6

2.8

Aromatherapist / Herb therapist

3.2

11.3

7.5

75.5

5.7

84.9

2.3

Spiritual therapist

0.8

0.0

61.5

38.5

0.0

92.3

1.6

Homeopathy therapist

0.6

30.0

40.0

30.0

0.0

90.0

3.0

Others

0.8

0.1

0.2

0.3

0.1

80.0

2.4

Not received medical / health services

14.2

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

1.0

  1. Number of respondents: 1668
  2. NA Not Applicable
  3. a in the last 12 months, b in the last 3 months, c lasted less than 1 month, d lasted more than 1 month