Table 2 |
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Number of patients receiving non-homeopathic treatments during the last 5 years of follow-up, grouped whether or not they still were under homeopathic treatment |
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Adults |
Children |
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total |
still under treatment |
treatment stopped |
total |
still under treatment |
treatment stopped |
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Conventional medicines |
881* (46.3%) |
255 (37.6%) |
625 (52.5%) |
154 (18.8%) |
40 (18.3%) |
114 (19.0%) |
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Acupuncture |
402 (21.1%) |
155 (22.9%) |
247 (20.8%) |
38 (4.6%) |
8 (3.7%) |
30 (5.0%) |
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Yoga |
181 (9.5%) |
79 (11.7%) |
102 (8.6%) |
10 (1.2%) |
6 (2.7%) |
4 (0.7%) |
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Relaxation therapies# |
176 (9.2%) |
56 (8.3%) |
120 (10.1%) |
13 (1.6%) |
2 (0.9%) |
11 (1.8%) |
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Energetic therapies# |
188 (9.9%) |
68 (10.0%) |
120 (10.1%) |
56 (6.8%) |
20 (9.1%) |
36 (6.0%) |
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Exercise therapies# |
249 (13.1%) |
109 (16.1%) |
140 (11.8%) |
11 (1.3%) |
6 (2.7%) |
5 (0.8%) |
|
Manual therapies# |
108 (5.7%) |
53 (7.8%) |
55 (4.6%) |
16 (2.0%) |
9 (4.1%) |
7 (1.2%) |
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Non-conventional medicines# |
60* (3.2%) |
15 (2.2%) |
44 (3.7%) |
6 (0.7%) |
2 (0.9%) |
4 (0.7%) |
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* Due to missing values frequencies in subgroups do not add to total frequencies # For definitions see methods section |
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Witt et al. BMC Public Health 2008 8:413 doi:10.1186/1471-2458-8-413 |
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