Finnish Views on Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2018

The study examined Finnish views of alternative treatment methods and complementary therapy. First, the respondents were presented with a variety of treatment methods, and they were asked whether they believed that they could be used to treat illnesses or conditions (e.g. surgical operations, over-the-counter drugs, herbal medicines, acupuncture, traditional Chinese medicine, homeopathy, chiropractic, hypnosis, diet, prayer). The respondents were also asked which of the treatments they or members of their family had personally used or tried as well as to what extent they had proven helpful. Next, the respondents were presented with the following statements with regard to a set of alternative treatments: whether the treatment should be generally accepted as a method of treatment, whether it should be regulated by legislation, whether the provider of the treatment should be liable for any damage caused, and whether providing the treatment to children or the seriously ill should be restricted by law. Finally, the respondents were asked which complementary or alternative treatments they had used in the previous 12 months. Background variables included, among others, gender, age, household composition, income group, economic activity and occupational status, educational level, region of residence, number of inhabitants in municipality of residence, number of persons living in the household, and number and ages of children living in the household.

本研究旨在探讨芬兰人对替代治疗方法和辅助疗法的看法。首先，受访者被呈现了多种治疗方法，并被询问他们是否相信这些方法可以用于治疗疾病或状况（例如：外科手术、非处方药物、草药、针灸、中医、顺势疗法、脊椎按摩、催眠、饮食、祈祷）。受访者还被问及他们或其家庭成员是否曾亲自使用或尝试过这些治疗方法，以及这些方法在何种程度上被证明是有益的。随后，受访者被呈现了一系列关于替代治疗的陈述，包括：是否应将治疗方法普遍接受为治疗手段、是否应通过立法进行规范、治疗提供者是否应对造成的任何损害负责，以及是否应通过法律限制将治疗方法应用于儿童或重症患者。最后，受访者被询问在过去12个月内他们使用了哪些辅助或替代治疗方法。背景变量包括但不限于性别、年龄、家庭构成、收入群体、经济活动及职业状况、教育水平、居住地区、居住市镇的居民数量、家庭中居住的人数以及家庭中儿童的数量和年龄。