| Type of CAM Therapy | No. CAM Users | To Stay Healthy | Why CAM Therapy Was Used To Treat a Specific Health Problem | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Musculo
-skeletal or Neurologic |
Psychosocial | Cardiovascular/
Hormonal/ Metabolic |
OB-GYN/
Urogenital |
Gastro
-intestinal |
Allergy/
Respiratory |
Other | |||
| Personal therapies | 622 | 48.4% | 10.9% | 1.4% | 3.5% | 5.6% | 2.9% | 17.7% | 9.6% |
| Relaxation | 478 | 55.9% | 22.0% | 13.0% | 1.3% | 1.0% | 0.6% | 1.0% | 5.2% |
| Chiropractors | 332 | 12.3% | 82.6% | 1.2% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 1.2% | 1.8% | 0.3% |
| Healing | 87 | 59.8% | 8.0% | 5.7% | 3.4% | 3.4% | 3.4% | 2.3% | 14.0% |
| Commercial weight loss programs | 82 | 75.6% | 1.2% | 1.2% | 20.8% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1.2% |
| Life-style diet | 67 | 85.1% | 3.0% | 0.0% | 10.4% | 0.0% | 1.5% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Self-help | 44 | 40.9% | 9.1% | 2.3% | 2.3% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 2.3% | 34.1% |
| Hypnosis or biofeedback | 41 | 41.5% | 4.9% | 12.2% | 12.2% | 0.0% | 4.9% | 0.0% | 14.6% |
| All other therapies CAM | 78 | 23.1% | 26.9% | 1.3% | 9.0% | 10.3% | 13.9% | 8.9% | 6.3% |