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Description

For sample adults who had seen a practitioner for energy healing therapy during the past 12 months (EHTYR) and who had used energy healing therapy for a specific health problem (EHTTREAT), EHTSURG identifies those who had also received surgery for the condition for which they most used energy healing therapy (EHTTCONMOST).

For persons who had received such surgery (i.e., those with a "yes" response in EHTSURG), the complementary variable EHTSURGTIM indicates whether they received such surgery before, at about the same time, or after trying energy healing therapy.

The survey question for EHTSURG also collected information about the use of other conventional medical treatments (or no conventional treatment) for the condition for which energy healing therapy was used the most, including:

• Mental health counseling (EHTCOUN)

• Prescription medications (EHTPMED)

• Over-the-counter medications (EHTNPMED)

• Physical therapy (EHTPT)

• No conventional treatment (EHTNOCONV)

Interviewers asked, "Did you receive any of these conventional medical treatments for [condition for which energy healing therapy was used the most]?" and entered all treatments reported by the respondent.

For more information about the full range of variables related to energy healing therapy, including definitions, see EHTYR.

Comparability

EHTSURG is only available in 2007.

Universe

Availability

• 2007

Weights

• 2007 : SAMPWEIGHT