Table 1. Prevalence of complementary medicine use in the past 12 months according to the self-completed questionnaire from the Swiss Health Survey 2012 and 2017.
| 2017 (N = 18,832a) | 2012 (N = 18,357a) | p-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N (unweighted %) | weighted % (95% CI) | N (unweighted %) | weighted % (95% CI) | ||
| Any type of complementary medicineb | 5654 (30.3%) | 28.9% (28.1–29.7) | 5018 (27.5%) | 24.7% (23.9–25.4) | <0.001 |
| Osteopathy | 1930 (10.3%) | 9.5% (9.0–10.0) | 1459 (8.1%) | 6.8% (6.4–7.2) | <0.001 |
| Naturopathy | 1799 (9.6%) | 8.8% (8.3–9.0) | 1597 (8.8%) | 7.7% (7.2–8.2) | 0.003 |
| Homeopathy | 1731 (9.3%) | 8.4% (8.0–8.9) | 1662 (9.2%) | 8.2% (7.7–8.7) | 0.68 |
| Herbal medicine | 1369 (7.3%) | 7.0% (6.6–7.4) | 1014 (5.6%) | 5.0% (4.6–5.4) | <0.001 |
| Other therapies (kinesiology, Feldenkrais, autogenic training, neural therapy, bioresonance therapy, anthroposophic medicine) | 1323 (7.1%) | 6.9% (6.5–7.4) | 1242 (6.9%) | 6.1% (5.7–6.6) | 0.32 |
| Acupuncture | 1120 (6.0%) | 5.9% (5.5–6.3) | 1007 (5.6%) | 4.9% (4.5–5.3) | 0.06 |
| Shiatsu/reflexology | 884 (4.7%) | 4.5% (4.2–4.9) | 863 (4.8%) | 4.3% (4.0–4.7) | 0.95 |
| Traditional Chinese medicine (excluding acupuncture) | 472 (2.5%) | 2.5% (2.2–2.8) | 391 (2.2%) | 1.9% (1.7–2.2) | 0.02 |
| Ayurveda | 221 (1.2%) | 1.1% (1.0–1.3) | 202 (1.1%) | 0.9% (0.8–1.1) | 0.52 |
N, number; CI, confidence interval
aRepresentative sample of the general population > 15 years old in Switzerland
b Participants who used at least one complementary medicine therapy in the past 12 months.