Institute for Complementary Medicine KIKOM, Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland.
Swiss Med Wkly. 2012 Aug 15;142:w13666. doi: 10.4414/smw.2012.13666. eCollection 2012.
This study investigated the use among the Swiss adult population and regional dissemination of various methods of complementary medicine (CM) provided by physicians or therapists in Switzerland.
Data of the Swiss Health Survey 2007 were used, which comprised a telephone interview followed by a written questionnaire (18,760 and 14,432 respondents, respectively) and included questions about people's state of health, health insurance and usage of health services. Users and non-users of CM were compared using logistic regression models.
The most popular CM methods were homeopathy, osteopathy, acupuncture and shiatsu/foot reflexology. 30.5% of women and 15.2% of men used at least one CM method in the 12 months preceding the survey. Lake Geneva region and central Switzerland had more CM users than the other regions. Women, people between 25 and 64 years of age and people with higher levels of education were more likely to use CM. 53.5% of the adult population had a supplemental health insurance for CM treatments. 32.9% of people with such an insurance used CM during the 12 months preceding the survey, and so did 12.0% of people without additional insurance.
Almost one fourth of the Swiss adult population had used CM within the past 12 months. User profiles were comparable to those in other countries. Despite a generally lower self-perceived health status, elderly people were less likely to use CM.
本研究调查了瑞士成年人群体中各种医师或治疗师提供的补充医学（CM）方法的使用情况及其在瑞士的区域分布。
本研究使用了 2007 年瑞士健康调查的数据，该调查包括电话访谈和书面问卷（分别有 18760 名和 14432 名受访者），其中包括有关人们健康状况、健康保险和医疗服务使用情况的问题。使用逻辑回归模型比较了 CM 的使用者和非使用者。
最受欢迎的 CM 方法是顺势疗法、整骨疗法、针灸和足部按摩/反射疗法。在调查前的 12 个月内，30.5%的女性和 15.2%的男性至少使用过一种 CM 方法。日内瓦湖地区和瑞士中部的 CM 用户比其他地区多。女性、25 至 64 岁的人群以及教育程度较高的人群更有可能使用 CM。53.5%的成年人口拥有补充性 CM 治疗医疗保险。在调查前的 12 个月内，32.9%的有此类保险的人使用了 CM，而没有额外保险的人中有 12.0%使用了 CM。
近四分之一的瑞士成年人口在过去 12 个月内使用过 CM。用户特征与其他国家相似。尽管老年人的自我健康状况普遍较低，但他们使用 CM 的可能性较小。
