Osteopathy: alternative medicine effectiveness 2015

This statistic displays the opinion of British adults when asked if they think osteopathy is effective at treating illness in the UK. In this period, 25 percent of adults interviewed said osteopathy is definitely an effective treatment.

Do you think osteopathy is effective at treating illness?

Characteristic	Share of respondents
Is definitely an effective treatment	25%
Is possibly an effective treatment	43%
Is probably not an effective treatment	7%
Is definitely not an effective treatment	2%
Don't know	23%

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Release date

March 2015

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Region

United Kingdom (Great Britain)

Survey time period

February 25-26, 2015.

Number of respondents

1,638 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Special properties

GB Adults

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

Exact formulation of the question: For each of the following, please say whether or not you think they are genuinely effective at treating illnesses- osteopathy.

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