Table 1.
Back pain status by consultations with conventional health care providers and CAM practitioners
|
Consultations |
Did not have back pain (n = 2,449) |
Had back pain – rarely (n = 2,268) |
Had back pain – sometimes (n = 3,731) |
Had back pain – often (n = 2,044) |
Total back pain (n = 8,043) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | % | % | |
|
Conventional only |
62.8 |
58.6 |
49.4 |
46.6 |
51.3 |
|
CAM only |
1.7 |
2.3 |
1.8 |
1.0 |
1.7 |
|
CAM and conventional |
29.4 |
35.0 |
45.9 |
51.5 |
44.2 |
| Neither conventional or CAM | 6.1 | 4.1 | 2.9 | 0.9 | 2.8 |