Acceptance of Complementary Medicine in Germany

Completed

• Conditions: General Population
• Interventions: Other: Cross-sectional survey

• Registration Number: NCT05530720
• Lead Sponsor: Charite University, Berlin, Germany

Brief Summary

Complementary medicine is widely practiced in Germany and worldwide. The aim of this study is to explore how many people use complementary medicine methods in Germany, for which health-related issues they do and for which they would not.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2022-08-26
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-09-02
• Study First Posted: 2022-09-07
• Study Start: 2022-09-19
• Primary Completion: 2022-10-17
• Study Completion: 2022-10-17
• Status Verified: 2024-02
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-02-06
• Last Update Posted: 2024-02-07

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 4505

Inclusion Criteria

• Informed consent
• Age at least 18 years
• Sufficient language skills as well as cognitive ability to participate in an online survey or interview lasting approximately 30 minutes
• Active consent to the online consent form

Exclusion Criteria

• Lack of consent to participate in the study

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Online survey with 3.000 participants using mobile website technology	Cross-sectional survey	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Assessment of attitudes towards complementary medicine	Up to 24 weeks	Assessed retrospectively with self-designed questions

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Assessment of medical history and quality of life by EQ-5D-5L	Up to 24 weeks	Assessed retrospectively with self-designed questions
Sociodemographic Parameters	Up to 24 weeks	Assessed retrospectively with self-designed questions
Assessment of knowledge of complementary medicine	Up to 24 weeks	Assessed retrospectively with self-designed questions
Assessment of own application of complementary medicine	Up to 24 weeks	Assessed retrospectively with self-designed questions
Assessment of attitudinal and behavioral questions (e.g. lifestyle)	Up to 24 weeks	Assessed retrospectively with self-designed questions
Assessment of use of complementary medicine in the Covid-19 pandemic	Up to 24 weeks	Assessed retrospectively with self-designed questions

Trial Locations

Locations (2)

Charité Hochschulambulanz für Naturheilkunde, Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin; 🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany

Otto-Friedrich-University Bamberg; 🇩🇪 Bamberg, Germany