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Savvy about Complementary and Integrative Health: The CIH Quiz

SUMMARY

This quiz was created to help you get a better sense of some of the big questions that are often asked about complementary and integrative health (CIH) therapies:

  1. Who is most likely to use them?
  2. What therapies are most frequently used?
  3. For what reasons are they used?
  4. What are some of the best indications for various CIH approaches?

Find out how many of the following 14 questions you can get right.  The questions are repeated with answers and the explanations for the answers starting on page 4.

1.  What percent of American adults use complementary medicine?

  1. 85%
  2. 66%
  3. 33%
  4. <10%

2.  How much money do Americans spend on these approaches each year?

  1. $3.3 trillion
  2. $350 billion
  3. $30 billion
  4. $1 billion

3.  What are the most popular complementary approaches used by Americans?

  1. Energy medicine, osteopathy, dietary supplements
  2. Natural products, deep breathing, movement-based therapies
  3. Chiropractic/osteopathic manipulation, massage, yoga
  4. Natural products, yoga, meditation


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Doc ID:
150778
Owned by:
Sara A. in Osher Center for Integrative Health
Created:
2025-05-13
Updated:
2025-05-23
Sites:
Osher Center for Integrative Health