補完代替療法の生涯利用率

J Phys Ther Sci

 

. 2020 Jul;32(7):428-432.

 doi: 10.1589/jpts.32.428. Epub 2020 Jul 3.

Lifetime use of complementary and alternative medicine therapies among community-dwelling older people in Japan

Yosuke Shibata ¹, Mieko Nakamura ¹, Hideko Nakamura ², Eisaku Okada ¹, Toshiyuki Ojima ¹

 

柔道整復・鍼灸・あん摩マッサージ指圧

の生涯利用率について調査。

 

983名のアンケート回答

 

その結果、

柔道整復；

男性28.0%、女性44.5%

 

鍼灸；

男性17.8%、女性18.4%

 

あん摩マッサージ指圧；

男性15.8%、女性27.3%

 

3施術のいずれかの生涯利用率；

男性42.9%、女性57.6%

Table 2.

Lifetime prevalence of 3 CAM therapies

		Male	Female
Judo therapy
	Current	9 (8.4)	36 (14.2)
	Ever	21 (19.6)	77 (30.3)
	Never	77 (72.0)	141 (55.5)
Acupuncture and moxibustion
	Current	4 (4.0)	8 (3.7)
	Ever	14 (13.9)	32 (14.7)
	Never	83 (82.2)	177 (81.6)
Japanese traditional massage and finger pressure
	Current	6 (5.9)	19 (8.4)
	Ever	10 (9.9)	43 (18.9)
	Never	85 (84.2)	165 (72.7)

CAM: complementary and alternative medicine. Data are shown as a percentage in parentheses. Lifetime prevalence of CAM therapies was defined as the proportion of total current and ever user in the surveyed population.

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