Table 2. Commonly Used Products/Practices and their Perceived Helpfulness.

Product	Ever Used	Current Use	Perceived Helpfulness No. (%)
	(n = 139) No. (%)	(n = 73) No. (%)
			n	Yes No. (%)
Vitamins and Minerals	125 (89.9)	63 (86.3)
Multi-vitamin	116 (83.5)	56 (76.7)	105	52 (49.5)
Folic Acid	12 (8.6)	7 (9.6)	10	6 (60.0)
Vitamin B	18 (12.9)	8 (11)	15	6 (40.0)
Vitamin C	51 (36.7)	18 (24.7)	43	27 (62.8)
Calcium	22 (15.8)	11 (15.1)	19	9 (47.4)
Herbals	35 (25.2)	13 (17.8)
Echinacea	22 (15.8)	3 (4.1)	21	13 (61.9)
Goldenseal	9 (6.5)	6 (8.2)	8	4 (50.0)
Peppermint	11 (7.9)	4 (5.5)	9	7 (77.8)
Homeopathics	53 (38.1)	9 (12.3)
Cold remedy	33 (23.7)	7 (9.6)	29	24 (82.8)
Colic remedy	16 (11.5)	1 (1.4)	13	8 (61.5)
Ear drops	24 (17.3)	2 (2.7)	17	14 (82.4)
Teething remedy	30 (21.6)	0	23	20 (87.0)
Miscellaneous	47 (33.8)	22 (30.1)
Acidophilus/probiotics	14 (10.1)	7 (9.6)	12	5 (41.7)
Fish oil/omega 3 s *	30 (21.6)	14 (19.2)	26	11 (42.3)
Flax oil	11 (7.9)	2 (2.7)	9	8 (88.9)
Other **	19 (13.7)	10 (13.7)	NA	NA
Practice	N = 87	N = 37
Aboriginal Healing	8 (9.2)	3 (8.1)	7	7 (100)
Acupuncture	8 (9.2)	1 (2.7)	7	4 (57.1)
Aromatherapy	14 (16.1)	4 (10.8)	13	7 (53.8)
Chiropractic	32 (36.8)	6 (16.2)	32	23 (71.9)
Faith healing	16 (18.4)	7 (18.9)	13	12 (92.3)
Homeopathy	14 (16.1)	2 (5.4)	11	9 (81.8)
Magnets	6 (6.9)	1 (2.7)	5	2 (40.0)
Massage	41 (47.1)	13 (35.1)	35	28 (80.0)
Naturopathy	9 (10.3)	1 (2.7)	9	7 (77.8)
Relaxation	14 (16.1)	8 (21.6)	10	8 (80.0)
Yoga	8 (9.2)	3 (8.1)	8	2 (100)

*use of fish oil ever at CHEO (40.0%) was significantly more than at the Stollery (17.5%), p = 0.0134.

**neutralizer to vaccine, yogurt capsule, wheat germ, flax, Q10, cranberry, Manatech, melatonin, sea salt, fiber.