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Prevalence, specific and non-specific determinants of complementary medicine use in Switzerland: Data from the 2017 Swiss Health Survey
by Delphine Meier-Girard, Emmanuelle L üthi, Pierre-Yves Rodondi, Ursula Wolf ObjectivesTo determine the prevalence of use of complementary medicine (CM) in Switzerland in 2017, its development since the 2012 Swiss Health Survey, and to examine specific and non-specific sociodemographic, lifestyle and health-related determinants of CM use as compared to determinants of conventional health care use. Materials and methodsWe used data of 18,832 participants from the cross-sectional Swiss Health Survey conducted by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office in 2017 and compared these data with those from 2012. We defined four CM ca...
Source: PLoS One - September 14, 2022 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Delphine Meier-Girard Source Type: research

Usage of Complementary Medicine in Switzerland: Results of the Swiss Health Survey 2012 and Development Since 2007
Conclusions Usage of CM in Switzerland remained unchanged between 2007 and 2012. The user profile in Switzerland was similar to other countries, such as Germany, United Kingdom, United States or Australia.
Source: PLoS One - October 29, 2015 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Sabine D. Klein et al. Source Type: research