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NATYR
Used naturopathy, past 12 months
Group: Naturopathy - General — PERSON

Description

For sample adults in 2002 and 2007 who had ever seen a practitioner for naturopathy (NATYR) and for sample children in 2007, NATYR reports whether the person had used naturopathy in the past 12 months.

Naturopathy was one of many alternative health treatment modalities included in the 2002 and 2007 Alternative Health Supplements. For the full list of alternative health treatments covered in the NHIS, and for general background information about the Alternative Health Supplements, see ACUYR.

Definitions 

The 2002 Field Representative's Manual defines naturopathy as:

a broad system of medicine based on the theory that the body is a self-regulating mechanism with the natural ability to maintain a state of health and wellness. Naturopathic doctors, who generally reject invasive techniques and the use of synthetic drugs, attempt to cure illness and disease by harnessing the body's natural healing powers. This is done with the use of various alternative and traditional techniques, including herbal medicine, homeopathy, massage, dietary supplements, and other physical therapies.

This definition was not routinely shared with respondents.

The 2007 Field Representative's Manual provides a slightly different definition. It defines naturopathy as:

an alternative medical system. Naturopathic medicine proposes that there is a healing power in the body that establishes, maintains, and restores health. Practitioners work with the patient with a goal of supporting this power through treatments such as nutrition and lifestyle counseling, dietary supplements, medicinal plants, exercise, homeopathy, and treatments from traditional Chinese medicine.

In 2007 field representatives were advised to "feel free to offer [this definition] even if the respondent has not requested [it]."

The 2002 and 2007 survey questions asked whether the person had seen "a practitioner" (for sample adults) or "a provider or practitioner" (for sample children) for naturopathy in the past 12 months. The 2007 Manual defines an "alternative provider or practitioner" as:

someone who is knowledgeable about a specific alternative health practice. This person provides care or gives advice about its use, and usually receives payment for his or her services.

Related Variables

In 2002 and 2007, sample adults with a positive response in NATYR were asked a series of other questions (described below) about the following topics: frequency of using naturopathy; the out-of-pocket cost of the treatment; whether naturopathy was used to treat a specific medical condition, and, if so, what that condition was (this information was also obtained for sample children in 2007); any conventional medical treatments received and the timing of the conventional treatment relative to the naturopathy treatment; the reasons for using naturopathy; and the disclosure of the use of naturopathy to conventional medical professionals.

 

Respondents who indicated that they had ever used naturopathy (NATEV) (in the case of sample adults) and that they had used it in the past 12 months (NATYR) (both sample adults and sample children) were asked follow-up questions about their use of naturopathy. Most of the following variables relate only to sample adults, except for NATTREAT and some variables covering specific health conditions.

  • importance of use of naturopathy (NATIMPORT)
  • times saw practitioner for naturopathy (NATNO)
  • amount paid per visit for naturopathy (NATPAID)
  • whether naturopathy costs covered by insurance (NATINSURE)
  • whether used naturopathy for specific health problem (NATTREAT)

Persons who indicated in NATTREAT that they had used naturopathy in the past 12 months to treat a specific health problem were asked to specify the condition treated. There are 131 total variables for specific conditions that were treated by naturopathy, including 72 for sample adults, 28 for sample children, and 31 for both sample adults and sample children. See NATTREAT for more detail and the full list of conditions that persons could indicate were treated with naturopathy. Analysts interested in the conditions that naturopathy was used to treat may also wish to consult the following variables:

  • condition for which naturopathy was used most (NATTCONMOST)

  • first condition for which naturopathy was used (NATCON1)
  • degree of help from naturopathy, 1st condition (NATCON1HELP)
  • second condition for which naturopathy was used (NATCON2)
  • degree of help from naturopathy, 2nd condition (NATCON2HELP)
  • third condition for which naturopathy was used (NATCON3)
  • degree of help from naturopathy, 3rd condition (NATCON3HELP)
  • condition count for naturopathy (NATCONNO)

Comparability

This variable is fully comparable across time. In the 2002 and 2007 sample adult questionnaires, the question read, "During the past 12 months, did you see a practitioner for naturopathy?" The 2007 sample child questionnaire asked, "During the past 12 months, did [fill: sample child's name] see a provider or practitioner for any of the following therapies? Please say yes or no to each. ... Naturopathy?"

Universe

  • 2002: Sample adults age 18+ who have ever seen a practitioner for naturopathy.
  • 2007: Sample adults age 18+ who have ever seen a practitioner for naturopathy and sample children under 18.

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Availability

  • 2002, 2007
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