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Define CAM?
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Complementary and alternative medicines. medical and health care practices outside the realm of conventional medicine, which are yet to be validated using scientific methods
Pharmacists involved in mostly the biologically based systems |
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What are complementary medicines used for?
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used with conventional medical practices
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what are alternative medicines used for?
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used in place of conventional medical practices.
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Who uses CAM therapies?
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National Health Interview survey (NHIS)
Cross sectional household interview survey U.S. civilian non-institutionalized population 29,266 households / 75,764 persons Final household response rate of 87.1% 38.3% of adults surveyed used CAM therapies in 2007 (not asked about prayer) 62% of adults surveyed used CAM therapies in 2002 (prayer added) 29% of adults surveyed used CAM therapies in 1998 (not asked about prayer) |
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which CAM therapies adults?
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Natural products, non-vitamin, non-mineral (17.7%) (19% in 2002)
Deep breathing exercises (12.7%) (11.6% in 2002) Meditation (9.4%) (7.6% in 2002) Chiropractic or osteopathic manipulation (8.6%) (7.5% in 20Which CAM therapies - adults? Natural products, non-vitamin, non-mineral (17.7%) (19% in 2002) Deep breathing exercises (12.7%) (11.6% in 2002) Meditation (9.4%) (7.6% in 2002) Chiropractic or osteopathic manipulation (8.6%) (7.5% in 2002) Massage ( 8.3%) (5% in 2002) Yoga ( 6.1%) (5.1% in 2002) Natural products excluding vitamins and minerals - adults |
