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Table 2 Any treatments received from any providers during the last 12 months

From: Use of complementary and alternative medicine in Norway: a cross-sectional survey with a modified Norwegian version of the international questionnaire to measure use of complementary and alternative medicine (I-CAM-QN)

  

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

10.2 (11.3) 9.1

0.093

33.2

46.1

4.8

15.9

93.0

5.60 (6.38)

Homeopath

0.8 (1.0) 0.7

0.456

7.1

69.3

5.4

18.1

94.1

4.48 (3.41)

Acupuncturist

2.7 (3.4) 2.0

0.050

11.0

49.0

13.0

27.0

85.4

6.24 (6.62)

Herbalist

0.6 (0.9) 0.4

0.160

7.6

22.4

39.7

30.3

84.8

3.57 (3.54)

Healer

0.9 (1.3) 0.6

0.103

0.0

31.3

26.3

42.3

94.3

6.77 (11.33)

Traditional healer

0.2 (0.4) 0.1

0.177

0.0

38.0

20.8

41.1

100

3.71 (3.73)

Reflexologist

1.4 (2.1) 0.7

0.007

3.2

32.6

49.1

15.1

92.0

3.76 (4.31)

Kinesiologist

0.2 (0.3) 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

3.1 (3.3) 3.0

0.680

23.2

55.4

6.3

15.0

91.3

4.68 (3.91)

Osteopath

1.6 (2.3) 0.9

0.012

6.7

74.0

3.3

16.0

92.5

5.22 (4.63)

Cupping therapist

0.7 (0.9) 0.5

0.278

7.3

43.1

19.9

29.8

94.2

6.49 (6.51)

Other

0.5 (0.7) 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

      
  1. a Authorised health care providers in Norway and therefore not considered as CAM providers. b Naprapathy is a system of specific examination, diagnostics, manual treatment and rehabilitation of pain and dysfunction in the neuro-musculoskeletal system