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10743298

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-4-28
pubmed:abstractText
Reported are the results of a systematic review of the prevalence of use of complementary/alternative medicine. Computerized literature searches were carried out in four databases. Twelve surveys thus found were selected because they dealt with the utilization of complementary/alternative medicine in random or representative samples of the general population. Data were extracted in a predefined, standardized way. Prevalence of use of complementary/alternative medicine ranged from 9% to 65%. Even for a given form of treatment such as chiropractic, as used in the USA, considerable discrepancies emerged. The data suggest that complementary/alternative therapies are used frequently and increasingly. Prevalence of use seemed to depend critically on factors that were poorly controlled in surveys of complementary/alternative medicine. The true prevalence of use of complementary/alternative medicine in the general population remains uncertain.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0042-9686
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
78
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
252-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-5-29
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Prevalence of use of complementary/alternative medicine: a systematic review.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Complementary Medicine, Postgraduate Medical School, University of Exeter, England. E.Ernst@exeter.ac.uk
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Meta-Analysis