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Table 4 CAM treatments received by practice or advices of Korean medical doctors

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

CAM treatments

Receivedb (%)

Motivationb (%)

Helpfulnessb (%) (Very and somewhat)

Number of visitc

among the visitors to Korean medical doctors (345)

among total respondentsa (1668)

Acute illnessd

Long-term illnesse

Improvement of well-being

Others

Acupuncture and moxibustion

69.0

14.3

33.6

33.6

29.8

2.9

89.1

4.6

Massage

11.6

2.4

20.0

27.5

50.0

2.5

95.0

2.7

Bone-setting

2.0

0.4

42.9

14.3

42.9

0.0

100.0

5.3

Bodywork

6.7

1.4

43.5

34.8

21.7

0.0

95.6

3.3

Chiropractic

7.5

1.6

30.8

50.0

11.5

7.7

88.5

2.3

Cupping

32.5

6.7

29.5

31.3

33.0

6.3

84.9

3.8

Diet therapy

7.0

1.4

8.3

29.2

62.5

0.0

91.6

8.2

Starvation diet

1.7

0.4

33.3

16.7

33.3

16.7

66.6

3.0

Dietary supplement

8.4

1.7

3.4

17.2

79.3

0.0

68.9

12.4

Herb therapy

1.7

0.4

0.0

33.3

66.7

0.0

83.4

2.0

Aromatherapy

2.9

0.6

0.0

20.0

80.0

0.0

80.0

3.0

Hyperthermia

15.4

3.2

24.5

39.6

30.2

5.7

90.6

4.2

Magnet therapy

4.3

0.9

26.7

46.7

26.7

0.0

93.3

5.8

Spa therapy

3.5

0.7

0.0

50.0

50.0

0.0

100.0

2.2

Music therapy

2.0

0.4

0.0

42.9

57.1

0.0

100.0

4.1

Forest therapy

2.0

0.4

28.6

28.6

42.9

0.0

100.0

2.1

Homeopathy

0.3

0.1

0.0

100.0

0.0

0.0

100.0

0.0

Ayurveda

0.9

0.2

0.0

33.3

66.7

0.0

66.6

2.3

Yoga

2.0

0.4

14.3

14.3

71.4

0.0

85.7

3.3

Qigong

2.0

0.4

28.6

57.1

14.3

0.0

71.4

7.1

Traditional Korean medicines (decoction)

36.2

7.5

19.2

30.4

48.8

1.6

87.2

2.8

Manufactured traditional Korean medicines for prescription

19.7

4.1

25.0

33.8

35.3

5.9

85.3

3.1

OTC traditional Korean medicines

10.4

2.2

19.4

36.1

44.4

0.0

91.7

5.4

Spiritual therapy

1.4

0.3

20.0

80.0

0.0

0.0

80.0

3.8

Other

4.7

1.0

50.0

50.0

0.0

0.0

100.0

1.0

  1. CAM Complementary and Alternative Medicine, NA Not Applicable
  2. Number of parent population except (a) is the visitors to Korean medical doctors (345)
  3. b in the last 12 months, c in the last 3 months, d lasted less than 1 month, e lasted more than 1 month