Table 1.
NCCAM Categories of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Therapies: Prevalence of Individual Complementary Therapy Use by the General Public in 2002 and 2007 and by Cancer Patients in 2002a
| Category | General Public 2002, % (n = 31,044) | Cancer Patients 2002, % (n = 1,904) | General Public 2007, % (n = 23,393) |
| Alternative medical systems | |||
| Acupuncture | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.4 |
| Ayurveda | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Homeopathic treatment | 1.7 | 1.2 | 1.8 |
| Naturopathy | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| Traditional healers | … | … | 0.4 |
| Biologically based therapies | |||
| Chelation therapy | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Folk medicine | 0.1 | 0.2 | … |
| Nonvitamin, nonmineral, natural products | 18.9 | 19.8 | 17.7 |
| Diet-based therapies | 3.5 | 4.0 | 3.6 |
| Manipulative and body-based therapies | |||
| Chiropractic or osteopathic manipulation | 7.5 | 7.8 | 8.6 |
| Massage | 5.0 | 5.5 | 8.3 |
| Movement therapies | … | … | 1.5 |
| Mind-body therapies | |||
| Biofeedback | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Meditation | 7.6 | 9.4 | 9.4 |
| Guided imagery | 2.1 | 3.1 | 2.2 |
| Progressive relaxation | 3.0 | 4.2 | 2.9 |
| Deep breathing exercises | 11.6 | 13.9 | 12.7 |
| Hypnosis | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.2 |
| Yoga | 5.1 | 4.0 | 6.1 |
| Tai chi | 1.3 | 1.9 | 1.0 |
| Qigong | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.3 |
| Energy healing therapy/Reiki | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0.5 |