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ArticleNational health statistics reports2015

Trends in the use of complementary health approaches among adults: United States, 2002-2012.

Tainya C Clarke, Lindsey I Black, Barbara J Stussman, Patricia M Barnes, Richard L Nahin

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Article in National health statistics reports, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 3 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 641 papers, 19 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT03419858 early_phase1completednot on this mapstarted 2017, after this paper: background citation

The Role of Endogenous Opioidergic Systems in Breathing Based Analgesia

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of California, San DiegoRan2017 to 2017Enrolled60ConditionsPainArmsMindfulness Meditation, Placebo Meditation, Slow-Breathing, Naloxone, Saline
NCT04170803 early_phase1completednot on this mapstarted 2019, after this paper: background citation

Feasibility of Near-infrared Spectroscopy to Measure Cortical Pain Pathway (Brain) Activation During Dry Needling

TypeinterventionalSponsorArmy-Baylor University Doctoral Program in Physical TherapyRan2019 to 2020Enrolled18ConditionsShoulder Pain, Chronic Pain, Musculoskeletal InjuryArmsDry Needling, Sham Dry Needling
NCT06118853 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2023, after this paper: background citation

Impact of Yoga and Gentle Massage Practices on Symptom Management in Patients Undergoing Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation at the Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein

TypeinterventionalSponsorHospital Israelita Albert EinsteinRan2023 to 2025Enrolled35ConditionsHematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, Bone Marrow TransplantationArmsyoga or gentle massage plus standard treatment for HSCT
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

641 citing papers in PubMed, 19 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. How yoga shapes the brain: a systematic review.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2026
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  3. Yoga for fatigue in people with cancer.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2025
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  19. A Bibliometric and Visualization Analysis of Mindfulness and Meditation Research from 1900 to 2021.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Tainya C ClarkeNational Center for Health Statistics.
Lindsey I BlackNational Center for Health Statistics.
Barbara J StussmanNational Institutes of Health.
Patricia M BarnesNational Center for Health Statistics.
Richard L NahinNational Institutes of Health.

Funding

Intramural NIH HHS Z99 AT999999
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThis report presents national estimates of the use of complementary health approaches among adults in the United States across three time points. Trends in the use of selected complementary health approaches are compared for 2002, 2007, and 2012, and differences by selected demographic characteristics are also examined.

methodsCombined data from 88,962 adults aged 18 and over collected as part of the 2002, 2007, and 2012 National Health Interview Survey were analyzed for this report. Sample data were weighted to produce national estimates that are representative of the civilian noninstitutionalized U.S. adult population. Differences between percentages were evaluated using two-sided significance tests at the 0.05 level.

resultsAlthough the use of individual approaches varied across the three time points, nonvitamin, nonmineral dietary supplements remained the most popular complementary health approach used. The use of yoga, tai chi, and qi gong increased linearly across the three time points; among these three approaches, yoga accounted for approximately 80% of the prevalence. The use of any complementary health approach also differed by selected sociodemographic characteristics. The most notable observed differences in use were by age and Hispanic or Latino origin and race.

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AdolescentAdultAgedComplementary TherapiesDietary SupplementsFemaleHealth SurveysHumansMaleMiddle AgedNational Center for Health Statistics, U.S.United StatesYoung Adult

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PMID25671660
PMCPMC4573565

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