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Frequency of CAM therapy use in lifetime and past year, self-reported efficacy, and cost (The sample consists of 908 subjects receiving chronic opioid therapy) |
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| Lifetime use |
Used in the past year |
Number of times used in the past year |
Reported CAM therapy was helpful |
Insurance coverage paid part of the costs |
Paid some cost out of pocket |
Mean out of pocket cost in last year |
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| Response categories: |
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| Acupuncture |
10.1% |
7.6% n = 69 |
10.5 |
59.4% |
34.1% |
68.1% |
$522 |
| Chiropractic |
23.6% |
17.8% n = 162 |
14.1 |
80.9% |
81.8% |
46.3% |
$558 |
| Yoga |
7.5% |
6.1% n = 55 |
84.0 |
81.8% |
5.9% |
55.9% |
$162 |
| Massage |
34.9% |
27.3% n = 248 |
28.3 |
90.7% |
30.8% |
51.3% |
$486 |
| Prolotherapy |
8.3% |
5.9% n = 54 |
3.5 |
68.5% |
87.7% |
18.8% |
$365 |
| Herbs/supplements |
9.4% |
6.8% n = 62 |
202.8 |
77.4% |
1.3% |
89.1% |
$212 |
| Other listed categories: |
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| Meditation |
1.7% |
1.4% n = 13 |
264.4 |
84.6% |
15.4% |
15.4% |
$325 |
| Warm water therapy |
0.7% |
0.7% n = 6 |
33.3 |
100.0% |
83.3% |
50.0% |
$147 |
| Craniosacral therapy |
0.4% |
0.4% n = 4 |
10.3 |
75.0% |
25.0% |
75.0% |
$513 |
| Accupressure |
0.3% |
0.2% n = 2 |
76.0 |
100.0% |
100.0% |
0.0% |
$0 |
| All Others (categories listed by 2 or fewer respondents) |
1.2% |
1.2% n = 11 |
101.9 |
81.8% |
33.3% |
85.7% |
$913 |
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| Any CAM |
64.1% |
44.5% |
80.1 |
81.6% |
45.2% |
54.7% |
$353 |
Fleming et al. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2007 7:15 doi:10.1186/1472-6882-7-15 |
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