CAM treatments | Receivedb (%) | Motivationb (%) | Helpfulnessb (%) (Very and somewhat) | Number of visitc | ||||
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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 |