Table 3 CAM treatments received by practice or advices of physicians
CAM treatments | Receivedb (%) | Motivationb (%) | Helpfulnessb (%) (Very and somewhat) | Number of visitc | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
among the visitors to physicians (1132) | among total respondentsa (1668) | Acute illnessd | Long-term illnesse | Improvement of well-being | Others | |||
Acupuncture and moxibustion | 15.9 | 10.8 | 28.9 | 33.3 | 35.6 | 2.2 | 88.9 | 4.6 |
Massage | 8.1 | 5.5 | 13.0 | 22.8 | 60.9 | 3.3 | 85.9 | 3.7 |
Bone-setting | 1.0 | 0.7 | 45.5 | 36.4 | 9.1 | 9.1 | 81.9 | 2.9 |
Bodywork | 6.2 | 4.2 | 25.7 | 34.3 | 37.1 | 2.9 | 81.5 | 3.2 |
Chiropractic | 2.4 | 1.6 | 29.6 | 33.3 | 37.0 | 0.0 | 92.6 | 2.1 |
Cupping | 6.1 | 4.1 | 33.3 | 21.7 | 39.1 | 5.8 | 85.5 | 3.0 |
Diet therapy | 8.0 | 5.4 | 9.9 | 33.0 | 57.1 | 0.0 | 83.5 | 4.1 |
Starvation diet | 1.3 | 0.9 | 26.7 | 20.0 | 46.7 | 6.7 | 73.4 | 2.3 |
Dietary supplement | 18.5 | 12.6 | 3.8 | 21.5 | 73.7 | 1.0 | 80.4 | 12.4 |
Herb therapy | 1.2 | 0.8 | 7.1 | 28.6 | 64.3 | 0.0 | 71.4 | 2.0 |
Aromatherapy | 2.4 | 1.6 | 11.1 | 18.5 | 63.0 | 7.4 | 96.3 | 4.1 |
Hyperthermia | 7.6 | 5.2 | 29.1 | 32.6 | 34.9 | 3.5 | 89.5 | 4.1 |
Magnet therapy | 1.8 | 1.2 | 30.0 | 25.0 | 45.0 | 0.0 | 95.0 | 3.4 |
Spa therapy | 3.4 | 2.3 | 5.1 | 17.9 | 76.9 | 0.0 | 89.7 | 3.3 |
Music therapy | 1.2 | 0.8 | 14.3 | 35.7 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 78.6 | 2.4 |
Forest therapy | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 18.2 | 81.8 | 0.0 | 72.8 | 1.5 |
Homeopathy | 0.7 | 0.5 | 50.0 | 12.5 | 37.5 | 0.0 | 87.5 | 1.4 |
Ayurveda | 0.3 | 0.2 | 33.3 | 33.3 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 1.3 |
Yoga | 3.4 | 2.3 | 5.3 | 7.9 | 81.6 | 5.3 | 81.6 | 10.0 |
Qigong | 1.1 | 0.7 | 15.4 | 38.5 | 46.2 | 0.0 | 92.3 | 6.2 |
Traditional Korean medicines (decoction) | 9.0 | 6.1 | 24.5 | 31.4 | 42.2 | 2.0 | 90.2 | 1.8 |
Manufactured traditional Korean medicines for prescription | 11.4 | 7.7 | 30.2 | 26.4 | 41.1 | 2.3 | 88.3 | 2.1 |
OTC traditional Korean medicines | 26.7 | 18.1 | 36.4 | 24.2 | 36.4 | 3.0 | 84.8 | 2.5 |
Spiritual therapy | 1.8 | 1.2 | 5.0 | 50.0 | 45.0 | 0.0 | 80.0 | 2.9 |
Other | 35.6 | 24.2 | 16.3 | 42.9 | 32.7 | 8.2 | 85.8 | 6.3 |