Table 2.

Percentage of Respondents Indicating Perceived Legitimacy of Alternative Therapies, and Amount of Training, and Expressed Interest in Training in These.

Alternative Medical Therapy	Legitimate Medical Practice	Amount of Training		Interest in Training
Alternative Medical Therapy	Legitimate Medical Practice	Some	A Lot, Advanced	Interest in Training
Nutrition and diet	96	46	28	32
Counseling or psychotherapy	94	34	23	11
Fitness and exercise	91	45	28	26
Emotional support groups	79	36	20	14
Biofeedback	73	28	4	29
Acupuncture	63	11	1	26
Herbal medicine	54	35	5	30
Massage therapy	54	17	4	21
Chiropractic	53	4	0	9
Hypnotherapy	52	14	4	10
Meditation	51	34	10	26
Homeopathic medicine	39	11	2	9
Traditional Chinese medicine	38	13	1	14
Acupressure	37	9	0	19
Chelation therapy	35	7	1	7
Music therapy	35	18	3	11
Cultural/folk medicine	34	19	5	20
Dance/movement therapies	32	15	3	10
Prayer/spiritual healing	32	22	16	14
Megavitamin therapy	28	14	2	6
Guided imagery	25	10	6	6
Colon therapy	24	4	1	4
Naturopathic medicine	20	2	1	3
Macrobiotic diet	19	7	1	4
Therapeutic touch	19	7	3	8
Bioelectromagnetics	18	2	0	4
Tai chi	17	10	4	16
Ayurvedic medicine	15	7	1	8
Aromatherapy	12	7	2	7
Reiki	4	1	2	1

Note: Therapies are listed in order of perceived legitimacy. Total n = 143; however, the number of responses to the individual therapies ranged from 136 to 141 for legitimacy and from 135 to 140 for training.