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Italy: traditional vs alternative medicine 2018
Which of the following statements best describes your attitude towards alternative and traditional medicine?
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Sep 25, 2018
This statistic depicts the result of a survey on people’s attitudes towards alternative and traditional medicine in Italy in 2018. According to data, more than one third of respondents declared to trust only traditional medicine, whereas 26 percent of them stated to assess pros and cons of both kinds of solutions before deciding to pursue a treatment. In addition, seven percent of interviewees relied more on alternative than on traditional medicine.
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by Statista Research Department,
last edited
Sep 25, 2018
This statistic depicts the result of a survey on people’s attitudes towards alternative and traditional medicine in Italy in 2018. According to data, more than one third of respondents declared to trust only traditional medicine, whereas 26 percent of them stated to assess pros and cons of both kinds of solutions before deciding to pursue a treatment. In addition, seven percent of interviewees relied more on alternative than on traditional medicine.
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- September 2018
- Region
- Italy
- Survey time period
- August 24-27, 2018
- Number of respondents
- 1,003 respondents
- Age group
- 18 years and older
- Method of interview
- Computer-assisted web interviews (CAWI)
- Supplementary notes
- This question was phrased by the source as follows: "Quale delle seguenti frasi descrive meglio il tuo rapporto con la medicina "alternativa" e "tradizionale"?".
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- Region
- Italy
- Survey time period
- August 24-27, 2018
- Number of respondents
- 1,003 respondents
- Age group
- 18 years and older
- Method of interview
- Computer-assisted web interviews (CAWI)
- Supplementary notes
- This question was phrased by the source as follows: "Quale delle seguenti frasi descrive meglio il tuo rapporto con la medicina "alternativa" e "tradizionale"?".
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- In case of minor health symptoms, where do you gather information to know what to do?
- In your opinion, is it right to use self-medication to treat minor health problems?
- When you engage in self-medication to treat minor health problems, you...
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- Annual turnover generated by pharmacies trough the sales of self-medication products in Italy from July 2018 to June 2019, by category (in million euros)
- Distribution of the annual turnover generated by pharmacies through the sales of self-medication products in Italy from July 2018 to June 2019, by category
- Annual growth rate of the turnover generated by pharmacies through the sales of self-medication products in Italy from July 2017 to June 2019, by category
- Annual sales volume of self-medication products supplied by pharmacies in Italy from July 2018 to June 2019, by category (in million units)
- Distribution of the annual sales volume of self-medication products supplied by pharmacies in Italy from July 2018 to June 2019, by category
- Y-o-Y percentage variation of the sales volume of self-medication products supplied by pharmacies in Italy from July 2017 to June 2019, by category
- Share of self-medication products turnover generated from new brands and line extensions* in Italy in 2018, by category
- Market value of nonprescription drugs in Italy from 2014 to 2018 (in million euros)
- Market value of self-medication drugs in Italy from 2014 to 2017 (in million euros)
- Per capita expenditure for nonprescription drugs in Italy in 2018, by region (in euros)
- Per capita expenditure for self-medication drugs in Italy in 2018, by region (in euros)
- Consumption of nonprescription drugs in Italy from 2014 to 2021* (in million packages)
- Number of enterprises producing and distributing non-prescription drugs in Italy in 2018, by region
- Sales value share of nonprescription drugs in Italy in 2018, by therapeutic category
- Sales volume distribution of non-prescription drugs in Italy in 2018, by sales channel
- Market value of non-prescription drugs to treat respiratory diseases in Italy in 2018, by category (in million euros)
- Market value of non-prescription painkillers in Italy in 2018, by category (in million euros)
- Market value of non-prescription drugs to treat diseases of the gastro-intestinal tract in Italy in 2018, by category (in million euros)
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- Percentage of Canadian adults that had visited an alternative medicine professional a select number of times as of 2018
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