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Description

For sample adults who had seen a practitioner for massage during the past 12 months (MASYR) and who had used massage for a specific health problem (MASTREAT), MASPMED identifies those who had also received prescription medications for the condition for which they most used massage (MASTCONMOST).

For persons who had received such prescription medication (i.e., those with a "yes" response in MASPMED), the complementary variable MASPMEDTIM indicates whether they received such prescription medications before, at about the same time, or after trying massage.

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

• Mental health counseling (MASCOUN)

• Over-the-counter medications (MASNPMED)

• Surgery (MASSURG)

• Physical therapy (MASPT)

• No conventional treatment (MASNOCONV)

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

For more information about the full range of variables related to massage, including definitions, see MASYR.

Comparability

MASPMED is only available in 2007.

Universe

Availability

• 2007

Weights

• 2007 : SAMPWEIGHT