The Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine among Korean Young Adult Members of Fitness Centers

Table 4

Reasons for CAM use and doing exercise (n = 649).

Variables	N	%
Top ten reasons for CAM
Neck/shoulder pain	211	32.5
Back pain	79	12.2
Chronic fatigue	50	7.7
Stress management	50	7.7
Arthritis	37	5.7
Disease prevention and health promotion	33	5.1
Obesity management	30	4.6
Headache	25	3.9
Stomach disease	16	2.5
Insomnia	11	1.7
Reasons for
Weight loss	408	62.9
Health promotion	349	53.8
To have a positive body image	291	44.8
Stress management	163	25.1
Leisure activity	121	18.6
Relief of pain	56	8.6
Disease treatment	28	4.3
Others	5	0.8

responses; average number of choices was 2.1 ± 1.2.
responses; average number of choices was 2.2 ± 1.1.