Inanspruchnahme von Alternatiwerfahren bei 1 001 deutschen Erwachsenen : Ergebnisse eines bervölkerungsbezogenen Telefonsurveys

In a telephone survey, 1001 adults from the population of Lubeck were questioned about the use of complementary alternative medicine (CAM). About 42% of the responders used CAM. Among the users was an overproportional number of well-educated women. The most frequently used forms of CAM were acupuncture (34.5%), homeopathy (27.3%) and phytotherapy (9.7%) for treatment of chronic pain (36.3%), uncomplicated flu conditions (16.9%) or as a general tonic (14.7%). In 65% of the cases medical doctors performed the CAM.