Table 4.

Nondrug treatments most frequently reported by patients with SLE^a (n=482^b patient mentions and n=267 patients) and CLE^c (n=24^b patient mentions from n=16 patients).

Nondrug treatments	Mentions in posts, n (%)
	SLE	CLE
Exercise	222 (46.1)	7 (29.2)
Sun protection	82 (17)	12 (50)
Meditation	43 (8.9)	—d
Massage	36 (7.5)	1 (4.2)
Herbal medicine	32 (6.6)	1 (4.2)
Nutrition therapy	30 (6.2)	1 (4.2)
Acupuncture	18 (3.7)	2 (8.3)
Cognitive behavioral therapy	11 (2.3)	—
Vitamin D supplements	8 (1.7)	—

^aSLE: systemic lupus erythematosus.

^bIndicates that patients were counted more than once if they discussed multiple nondrug treatments in a post.

^cCLE: cutaneous lupus erythematosus.

^dNot available.