Table 4 Visits to healthcare providers and reported helpfulness of the services
From: Use of complementary and integrative health in Finland: a cross-sectional survey
Providers | Visited in the last 12Â months (%) | Visited in the last 12Â months (n) | Users who found very helpful or somewhat helpful (%) | Mean/median of times visited in 3Â months prior to survey (range) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
total n = 3244 | Women n = 1647 | Men n = 1597 | weighted (unweighted) | |||
Physician a | 64.1 | 66.4 | 61.8 | 2080 (2094) | 93.9 | 1.38/1 (0 to 20) |
Chiropractor | 2.9 | 2.4 | 3.5 | 95 (91) | 90.9 | 1.38/1 (0 to 10) |
Homeopath | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 38 (32) | 92.9 | 1.42/1 (0 to 5) |
Acupuncturist | 2.4 | 2.8 | 2.1 | 79 (73) | 86.5 | 1.34/1 (0 to 6) |
Phytotherapist | 2.2 | 1.3 | 3.0 | 70 (59) | 91.6 | 2.43/1 (0 to 30) |
Bone setter | 4.4 | 5.7 | 3.1 | 144 (139) | 86.7 | 1.13/1 (0 to 9) |
Energy healer | 1.0 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 32 (32) | 81.7 | 2.17/1 (0 to 10) |
Reflexologist | 1.8 | 2.3 | 1.2 | 57 (51) | 80.8 | 1.58/1 (0 to 12) |
Aromatherapist | 0.9 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 30 (24) | 90.9 | 1.77/2 (0 to 6) |
Massage therapist (conventional) a | 29.3 | 35.0 | 23.4 | 951 (953) | 97.3 | 1.87/1 (0 to 35) |
Massage therapist (other) | 5.3 | 7.1 | 3.5 | 172 (170) | 90.8 | 1.61/1 (0 to 10) |
Naprapath | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 53 (49) | 80.0 | 1.44/1 (0 to 8) |
Osteopath | 4.0 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 130 (120) | 86.5 | 1.08/1 (0 to 7) |
Art therapist | 0.9 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 29 (21) | 80.9 | 2.40/1 (0 to 9) |
Cuppist | 0.7 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 23 (17) | 75.6 | 1.41/1 (0 to 4) |
Hypnotherapist | 0.7 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 24 (17) | 83.9 | 1.34/1 (0 to 3) |
TCM practitioner b | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 27 (23) | 78.9 | 1.45/1 (0 to 4) |
Anthroposophic therapist | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 15 (10) | 72.8 | 2.61/1 (1 to 6) |
Ayurvedic practitioner | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 11 (9) | 89.7 | 2.32/1 (1 to 10) |
Other, what? | 0.7 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 24 (22) | 84.1 | 1.47/1 (0 to 4) |
None mentioned above | 20.6 | 17.6 | 23.6 | 667 (670) | Â | Â |
I do not know/want to say | 0.6 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 20 (16) | Â | Â |