Health practicea | % | n | Reason for useb | Past month frequency of usec | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Well-being/ general health | Treat pain | Treat another condition | None | Several days | More | |||||||||
% | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | |||
Acupuncture | 5% | 86 | 37% | 32 | 72% | 62 | 22% | 19 | 69% | 59 | 28% | 24 | 0% | 0 |
Biofeedback | 2% | 30 | 70% | 21 | 13% | 4 | 17% | 5 | 47% | 14 | 33% | 10 | 13% | 4 |
Chiropractic | 32% | 578 | 31% | 179 | 83% | 477 | 8% | 47 | 46% | 268 | 46% | 266 | 2% | 14 |
Massage | 24% | 431 | 52% | 226 | 63% | 272 | 8% | 35 | 56% | 242 | 33% | 144 | 2% | 9 |
Manual physical therapy | 13% | 242 | 15% | 37 | 80% | 193 | 12% | 30 | 41% | 100 | 43% | 105 | 8% | 20 |
Healing Touch/Reiki | 1% | 21 | 52% | 11 | 52% | 11 | 38% | 8 | 48% | 10 | 43% | 9 | 5% | 1 |
Hypnotherapy | 1% | 9 | 33% | 3 | 22% | 2 | 44% | 4 | 67% | 6 | 0% | 0 | 22% | 2 |
Psychotherapy | 13% | 233 | 54% | 125 | 9% | 22 | 50% | 116 | 39% | 91 | 46% | 107 | 5% | 12 |
Support groups | 4% | 79 | 62% | 49 | 8% | 6 | 39% | 31 | 30% | 24 | 46% | 36 | 13% | 10 |
Spiritual/traditional healing system | 6% | 115 | 78% | 90 | 14% | 16 | 29% | 33 | 10% | 11 | 39% | 45 | 44% | 51 |
Relaxation | 18% | 335 | 63% | 212 | 19% | 65 | 37% | 125 | 13% | 42 | 54% | 182 | 25% | 84 |
Meditation/Mindfulness | 10% | 190 | 74% | 140 | 12% | 22 | 32% | 60 | 10% | 19 | 52% | 99 | 25% | 47 |
Yoga | 10% | 174 | 85% | 148 | 33% | 58 | 14% | 24 | 31% | 54 | 50% | 87 | 8% | 14 |
Tai Chi/Qi Gong | 1% | 15 | 87% | 13 | 33% | 5 | 7% | 1 | 27% | 4 | 33% | 5 | 13% | 2 |
Strength/stretch exercise | 44% | 799 | 76% | 604 | 34% | 269 | 10% | 78 | 9% | 69 | 37% | 296 | 45% | 360 |
Aerobic exercise | 36% | 661 | 88% | 580 | 12% | 80 | 9% | 56 | 4% | 28 | 42% | 278 | 45% | 300 |
Diet | 7% | 120 | 77% | 92 | 21% | 25 | 19% | 23 | 9% | 11 | 18% | 21 | 63% | 76 |
Herbal supplement | 10% | 175 | 80% | 140 | 15% | 27 | 19% | 34 | 5% | 8 | 26% | 46 | 60% | 105 |
Homeopathy | 1% | 25 | 60% | 15 | 44% | 11 | 40% | 10 | 36% | 9 | 32% | 8 | 28% | 7 |