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Table 2 Percentage of those who usually go to an alternative (folk) medicine practitioner for treatment by symptom and country

From: Prevalence and factors associated with the use of alternative (folk) medicine practitioners in 8 countries of the former Soviet Union

Symptom*

Armenia

Belarus

Georgia

Kazakhstan

Kyrgyzstan

Moldova

Russia

Ukraine

Headache

0.7 (0.3-1.1)

0.5 (0.2-0.9)

0.3 (0.0-0.6)

1.3 (0.8-1.8)

3.0 (2.2-3.8)

1.6 (1.0-2.2)

0.8 (0.5-1.1)

0.9 (0.5-1.2)

Chest pain

0.5 (0.1-1.0)

0.8 (0.3-1.3)

1.5 (0.7-2.3)

2.7 (1.7-3.7)

3.4 (2.4-4.4)

4.8 (3.6-6.0)

0.9 (0.6-1.3)

1.6 (0.9-2.2)

Bad cough

1.0 (0.4-1.5)

1.5 (1.0-2.1)

1.8 (0.9-2.7)

1.3 (0.8-1.9)

5.1 (4.1-6.2)

5.5 (4.4-6.7)

0.9 (0.6-1.3)

1.8 (1.2-2.3)

Breathlessness

0.9 (0.1-1.6)

1.4 (0.5-2.3)

3.8 (1.8-5.8)

2.4 (1.1-3.6)

6.2 (4.8-7.6)

3.4 (2.0-4.9)

0.8 (0.3-1.3)

1.4 (0.7-2.1)

Unusual lump under the skin

1.9 (0.0-4.0)

3.6 (1.6-5.7)

2.8 (0.1-5.5)

8.5 (5.2-11.7)

5.2 (3.8-6.6)

11.0 (8.2-13.7)

1.5 (0.5-2.5)

3.0 (1.3-4.8)

Warts

10.8 (6.3-15.2)

14.2 (11.3-17.1)

11.0 (6.5-15.5)

18.8 (15.4-22.2)

18.7 (16.4-21.0)

19.1 (15.8-22.4)

10.8 (8.9-12.8)

15.0 (12.1-17.9)

Vomiting

1.0 (0.2-1.8)

0.8 (0.3-1.3)

0.6 (0.0-1.2)

0.8 (0.3-1.4)

6.8 (5.5-8.1)

3.6 (2.5-4.7)

1.0 (0.6-1.5)

1.2 (0.6-1.8)

Fever (≥3 days)

1.0 (0.4-1.5)

0.6 (0.2-0.9)

1.1 (0.5-1.7)

1.1 (0.5-1.6)

4.5 (3.5-5.5)

2.7 (1.9-3.6)

0.4 (0.2-0.7)

1.5 (1.0-2.1)

Abdominal pain

3.5 (2.2-4.8)

0.9 (0.4-1.5)

0.8 (0.2-1.4)

2.2 (1.2-3.1)

5.6 (4.5-6.8)

4.0 (2.9-5.1)

0.7 (0.4-1.1)

2.0 (1.3-2.7)

Diarrhoea

1.1 (0.5-1.8)

0.9 (0.4-1.4)

0.1 (0.0-0.3)

1.0 (0.5-1.5)

4.4 (3.4-5.4)

4.1 (2.9-5.2)

0.6 (0.3-0.9)

1.7 (1.1-2.3)

  1. * Analysis is restricted to those who ever had the respective symptom.
  2. Data is % (95% CI).