|  | Motivation % |  | Mean number of visits during last 3 months (SD) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Used last 12 months (%) Total (women) men | p-value sex | Acute illness | Long-term illness | Improvement of wellbeing | Other | Helpfulness % (Very or somewhat) | |
Physiciansa | 76.1 (84.1) 68.1 | < 0.001 | 25.5 | 38.6 | 6.0 | 29.9 | 95.2 | 4.39 (5.74) |
Chiropractorsa | 10.2Â (11.3)Â 9.1 | 0.093 | 33.2 | 46.1 | 4.8 | 15.9 | 93.0 | 5.60 (6.38) |
Homeopath | 0.8Â (1.0)Â 0.7 | 0.456 | 7.1 | 69.3 | 5.4 | 18.1 | 94.1 | 4.48 (3.41) |
Acupuncturist | 2.7Â (3.4)Â 2.0 | 0.050 | 11.0 | 49.0 | 13.0 | 27.0 | 85.4 | 6.24 (6.62) |
Herbalist | 0.6Â (0.9)Â 0.4 | 0.160 | 7.6 | 22.4 | 39.7 | 30.3 | 84.8 | 3.57 (3.54) |
Healer | 0.9Â (1.3)Â 0.6 | 0.103 | 0.0 | 31.3 | 26.3 | 42.3 | 94.3 | 6.77 (11.33) |
Traditional healer | 0.2Â (0.4)Â 0.1 | 0.177 | 0.0 | 38.0 | 20.8 | 41.1 | 100 | 3.71 (3.73) |
Reflexologist | 1.4 (2.1)Â 0.7 | 0.007 | 3.2 | 32.6 | 49.1 | 15.1 | 92.0 | 3.76 (4.31) |
Kinesiologist | 0.2Â (0.3)Â 0.2 | 0.649 | 0.0 | 38.7 | 15.9 | 45.3 | 100 | 4.15 (3.09) |
Massage therapist | 7.4 (10.6) 4.3 | < 0.001 | 7.8 | 22.4 | 55.3 | 14.4 | 95.0 | 4.74 (10.75) |
Naprapathb | 3.1Â (3.3)Â 3.0 | 0.680 | 23.2 | 55.4 | 6.3 | 15.0 | 91.3 | 4.68 (3.91) |
Osteopath | 1.6Â (2.3)Â 0.9 | 0.012 | 6.7 | 74.0 | 3.3 | 16.0 | 92.5 | 5.22 (4.63) |
Cupping therapist | 0.7 (0.9)Â 0.5 | 0.278 | 7.3 | 43.1 | 19.9 | 29.8 | 94.2 | 6.49 (6.51) |
Other | 0.5Â (0.7)Â 0.3 | 0.201 | 14.6 | 56.1 | 4.6 | 24.7 | 94.8 | 11.95 (16.66) |
Over-all use of CAM providers | 14.7 (19.4) 10.1 | < 0.001 |  |  |  |  |  |  |