Northern Ireland alternative therapies

The survey also found that 35-year-old to 54-year-old female pairs of complementary and alternative medicine therapies are particularly popular with off.

University of Ulster, Professor McDonald refers to results encourage the use of comprehensive treatment is important.

In this survey, 29% of the respondents said that in the past year have received the different types of complementary and alternative medicine therapies.

Professor MacDonald said: "Britain in the past compared with similar surveys, more and more people use complementary and alternative medicine therapies."

"Over 75% of the therapy does not belong to a national health care system, we can see the general public is willing to pay for treatment."

Professor McDonald, combining traditional and complementary and alternative medicine therapies, than just the use of traditional medical methods more effective.

But she said: "So far there is still no Northern Ireland, the use of complementary and alternative medicine information."

A survey shows that the most popular treatments in descending order are: aromatherapy, reflex zone therapy, massage therapy, acupuncture, chiropractic, herbal medicine and relaxation.

The use of aromatherapy, 14%, 9% using the relaxation method. Complementary and alternative medicine therapies may be the responsibility of the user, or to resort to open registered members.

The reflex zones in which treatment is most in need of therapy to resort to registered members of the opening.

According to the survey, if for health reasons, acupuncture, chiropractic therapy and herbal medicine are the most commonly used therapy, aromatherapy and reflex zones are mostly used for relaxation therapy.

The most common health problems are musculoskeletal problems, stress, women's health, and various, such as anxiety or depression or other psychological symptoms.

74% of the respondents said those who have received acupuncture, therapy should or may be effective; but 17% of the respondents had received aromatherapy treatments that may or may not be useful.

The "2009 Northern Ireland Life and Time Survey" of 1,200 people were interviewed.