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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Oct 12.
Published in final edited form as: East Mediterr Health J. 2014 Oct 12;20(9):554–560.

Table 4.

Prevalence of use of any type and specific types of complementary/alternative medicine (CAM), by menopause symptom category

Use of CAM Vasomotor symptoms Somatic symptoms Psychological symptoms
Yes (n = 348) Yes (n = 739) Yes (n = 716)
No. % No. % No. %
Any type 145 41.7 290 39.2 273 38.1
Nutritional remedies 69 19.8 138 18.7 132 18.4
Herbal remedies 69 19.8 127 17.2 118 16.5
Psychological methods 10 2.9 22 3.0 20 2.8
Physical methods 44 12.6 86 11.6 84 11.7
Folk medicine 15 4.3 35 4.7 34 4.8