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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Aug 15.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Exp Optom. 2008 Mar;91(2):166–176. doi: 10.1111/j.1444-0938.2007.00224.x

Table 5.

The proportion of questionnaire respondents who indicated the following barriers to CAM utilisation, with the minimum (least often reported) and maximum (most often reported) CAM areas indicated for each barrier, as well as the median across all nine CAM areas

Minimum CAM area Maximum CAM area Median
Cost/too expensive 6% Spirituality/religion 43% Massage therapies 15%
Transportation 8% Spirituality/religion 32% Yoga 22%
Time 9% Spirituality/religion 42% Mind-body therapies 32%
Unknown benefits (lack of info.) 8% Massage therapies 26% Aromatherapies/herbal 19%
Do not believe it works 2% Mind-body therapies 11% Aromatherapies/herbal 4%
Possible risks or discomfort 1% Spirituality/religion; massage 14% Acupuncture 3%
Don’t know where to access it 0% Energy therapies 11% Mind-body therapies 3%
Never thought of … 19% Massage therapies 30% Spirituality/religion 22%
None 0% Movement; energy; massage 11% Meditation 1%