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ArticleAmerican journal of public health2016

Homeopathy Use by US Adults: Results of a National Survey.

Michelle L Dossett, Roger B Davis, Ted J Kaptchuk, Gloria Y Yeh

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Article in American journal of public health, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  5. Teaching Homeopathy in U.S. Pharmacy Schools.Innovations in pharmacy · 2024
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  13. Homeopathy Use in the United States and Implications for Public Health: A Review.Homeopathy : the journal of the Faculty of Homeopathy · 2018
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Michelle L DossettAll of the authors were with the Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, when this work was performed. Roger B. Davis is also with the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA. Ted J. Kaptchuk is also with the Program in Placebo Studies, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston.
Roger B DavisAll of the authors were with the Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, when this work was performed. Roger B. Davis is also with the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA. Ted J. Kaptchuk is also with the Program in Placebo Studies, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston.
Ted J KaptchukAll of the authors were with the Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, when this work was performed. Roger B. Davis is also with the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA. Ted J. Kaptchuk is also with the Program in Placebo Studies, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston.
Gloria Y YehAll of the authors were with the Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, when this work was performed. Roger B. Davis is also with the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA. Ted J. Kaptchuk is also with the Program in Placebo Studies, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston.

Funding

Harvard Clinical and Translational Science CenterUL1TR001102 · NCATS · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI NADLER, LEE MARSHALL · 2013 to 2017
$106.2M
Research Training in Complementary and Integrative MedicineT32AT000051 · NCCIH · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (MEDICAL SCHOOL) · PI GLORIA Y YEH · 1999 to 2026
$10.2M
Mentoring and Research in Placebo Studies, Asian Medicine, and CAMK24AT004095 · NCCIH · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI KAPTCHUK, TED · 2007 to 2016
$1.4M
NCATS NIH HHS 1UL1 TR001102-01NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR001102NCCIH NIH HHS K24 AT004095NCCIH NIH HHS T32 AT000051
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We used the 2012 National Health Interview Survey to compare homeopathy users with supplement users and those using other forms of complementary and integrative medicine. Among US adults, 2.1% used homeopathy within the past 12 months. Respiratory and otorhinolaryngology complaints were most commonly treated (18.5%). Homeopathy users were more likely to use multiple complementary and integrative medicine therapies and to perceive the therapy as helpful than were supplement users. US homeopathy use remains uncommon; however, users perceive it as helpful.

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Health BehaviorAdultAttitude to HealthDietary SupplementsFemaleHealth SurveysHomeopathyHumansIntegrative MedicineMiddle AgedPatient SatisfactionUnited States

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PMID26890179
PMCPMC4816083

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