Table 2 Pattern of use of Ayurveda among the users (N = 1159)
| Â | Total responses, n (%) |
|---|---|
First visit to an Ayurveda practitioner, | (n = 1097) |
In the last 1–5 years | 385 (35) |
More than 5 years | 257 (23) |
In the last 6 months | 248 (22) |
In the last 1 year | 207 (20) |
Missing | 62 (5) |
Duration of use of Ayurveda, | (n = 1113) |
For the past 6 months | 429 (39) |
Past 1–5 years | 278 (25) |
Past 1 year | 234 (21) |
More than 5 years | 172 (15) |
Missing | 46 (4) |
Frequency of who/what motivated/influenced participants to use Ayurveda, | (n = 1113) |
Family/friends/neighbours/colleagues | 733 (66) |
Self | 419 (38) |
Internet | 211 (19) |
Medical doctor/fertility specialist | 58 (5) |
Allied health professional (e.g., dietician, exercise physiologist) | 51 (5) |
Another complementary medicine practitioner (e.g., naturopath, homeopath) | 33 (3) |
Magazine or newspaper | 26 (2) |
Television | 17 (2) |
Missing | 46 (4) |
Frequency of forms of Ayurveda used, | (n = 1083) |
Ayurvedic medicines for internal consumption | 946 (87) |
Ayurvedic lifestyle (e.g., Ayurvedic diet/regimen) | 367 (34) |
Panchakarma (e.g. Vamana, Virechana, Basti, Nasya) | 171 (16) |
Ayurvedic medicines for external applications | 143 (13) |
Missing | 76 (7) |
Experienced any adverse events to Ayurveda medicines | (n = 1095) |
No | 797 (73) |
Unsure | 202 (18) |
Yes | 97 (9) |
Missing | 64 (6) |