Description

MOVTREFLUX indicates whether the person had used a movement technique to treat acid reflux. Please see the Comparability and Universe tabs for more information on how this variable was constructed.

Comparability

In 2007, acid reflux was included as a condition which sample children and sample adults could report using CAM therapies treat. Beginning in 2012, only sample adults could report treating respiratory allergies with a CAM therapy.

Prior to 2012, in universe persons were asked about a series of specific health problems, symptoms, or conditions they may have treated with different complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) therapies. Beginning in 2012, persons were instead asked to select three of sixteen therapies that were most important and only asked the series of questions related to treating health problems, symptoms, or conditions about these top three therapies. Respondents were only asked follow-up questions about the CAM therapies that they included among their top three CAM therapies. Persons who did not include acupuncture therapy among their top three CAM therapies are recording as responding "no" to ACUTREFLUX. For more information on the construction of this variable, please see TABDOM1.

MOVTREFLUX may be interpreted in conjunction with MOVALEXYR, MOVFELDYR, MOVPILATYR, and MOVTRAGYR, which indicate the specific movement technique (i.e., Alexander Technique, Feldenkreis, Pilates, or Trager Integration) used by the survey participant.

Universe

Availability

• 2007, 2012

Weights

• 2007 : SAMPWEIGHT
• 2012 : SUPP4WT