Table 5. Physician Involvement in Their Patients' Use of Complementary or Alternative Medical Therapy

 
Type of CAM Therapy No. of CAM Users % Physicians Who Recommended CAM Use % Patients Who Told Provider of CAM Use % Physicians Unaware of Patient's CAM Use
Personal therapies (including home remedies, herbal medicine, homeopathy, or vitamin therapy) 425 15.2% 25.8% 62.9%
Relaxation techniques (including massage therapy, imagery, or visualization) 399 31.4% 18.1% 56.2%
Chiropractors 314 24.7% 34.1% 49.6%
Healing (including healers, spiritual, healing, Native American healers, or energy healing) 73 7.4% 21.3% 72.9%
Commercial weight loss programs 68 16.6% 33.2% 55.7%
Life-style diets 65 33.2% 35.2% 43.3%
Self-help groups 41 33.4% 42.7% 38.2%
Hypnosis or biofeedback 29 39.3% 12.1% 53.4%
Any CAM use 801 23.7% 25.7% 56.8%

 

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