Measuring the effects of acupuncture and homoeopathy in general practice: An uncontrolled prospective documentation approach

Table 2 Descriptors doctors' sample

	Acupuncture	Homoeopathy
Patients seen quarterly*	min = 4/ max = 3000 mean = 1060/ SD = 556	min = 60/ max = 1500 mean = 834/ SD = 428
Time since start of practicing (in years)	min = 1/ max = 39 mean = 8/ SD = 5	min = 3/ max = 35 mean = 13/ SD = 10
Other treatments used
Allopathy	95% yes	88% Yes
Acupuncture/homoeopathy	36% yes	69% yes
Phytomedicine	56% yes	63% yes
Anthroposophical medicine	6% yes	6% yes
Neural therapy	63% yes	50% yes

* doctors may have understood this question as referring to the trial phase, or to their practice size in general

ISSN: 1471-2458