These include:

• combined with conventional treatment (PRAUSCOMBO)

• health care provider recommended it (PRAUSHCREC)

• interesting to try (PRAUSINTER)

• conventional medical treatments too expensive (PRAUSMEDCOST)

• conventional medical treatment would not help (PRAUSMEDFAIL)

Respondents who indicated that they had used healing rituals/sacraments to treat a specific condition were also asked to identify that condition. There are 74 variables for specific conditions that sample adults could indicate were treated with healing rituals/sacraments.

Sample adults only were able to indicate that they used healing rituals/sacraments to treat:

• angina (PRATANGINA)

• anxiety or depression (PRATANXDEP)

• arthritis, lupus, or fibromyalgia (PRATARTHLF)

• back pain or problem (PRATBACPAIN)

• birth defect (PRATBIRTHD)

• bowel problems and constipation (PRATBOWL)

• cataracts (PRATCATAR)

• chronic bronchitis (PRATCBRON)

• cholesterol (PRATCHOL)

• congestive heart failure (PRATCONGHF)

• coronary heart disease (PRATCORON)

• other nerve damage, including carpal tunnel syndrome (PRATCTS)

• benign tumors or cysts (PRATCYST)

• dental pain (PRATDENPAIN)

• diabetic retinopathy (PRATDIABRET)

• emphysema (PRATEMPH)

• excessive sleepiness during the day (PRATESLEEPY)

• fracture, bone or joint injury (PRATFRACT)

• glaucoma (PRATGLAUC)

• gynecologic problem (PRATGYN)

• heart attack (PRATHATT)

• hernia (PRATHERN)

• hypertension (PRATHYPER)

• stomach or intestinal illness (PRATINTEST)

• irregular heartbeat (PRATIRRH)

• jaw pain (PRATJAWPAIN)

• joint pain or stiffness/other joint condition (PRATJNTPAIN)

• weak or failing kidneys (PRATKIDNEY)

• poor circulation in legs (PRATLCIRC)

• liver problem (PRATLIVER)

• macular degeneration (PRATMACD)

• allergy to medication (PRATMALL)

• menopause (PRATMENOP)

• missing limbs (fingers, toes or digits), amputee (PRATMLIMB)

• multiple sclerosis (PRATMSCLER)

• neck pain or problem (PRATNECPAIN)

• neuropathy (PRATNEUROP)

• circulation problems (other than in the legs) (PRATNLCIRC)

• other heart condition or disease (PRATOHART)

• other injury (PRATOINJ)

• knee problems (not arthritis, not joint injury) (PRATOKNEE)

• osteoporosis, tendinitis (PRATOSTEO)

• Parkinson's (PRATPARK)

• polio (myelitis), paralysis, para/quadriplegia (PRATPOLIO)

• prostate trouble or impotence (PRATPROST)

• recurring pain (PRATRECPAIN)

• senility (PRATSENILE)

• skin problems (PRATSKINA)

• sprain or strain (PRATSPRAIN)

• stroke (PRATSTROKE)

• thyroid problem (PRATTHYR)

• ulcer (PRATULCER)

• varicose veins, hemorrhoids (PRATVEIN)

• other (PRATOTH1, PRATOTH2, PRATOTH3)

• asthma (PRATASTH)

• cancer (PRATCANC)

• head or chest cold (PRATCOLD)

• diabetes (PRATDIAB)

• allergy to food (PRATFALL)

• hay fever (PRATHAY)

• hearing problem (PRATHEAR)

• insomnia (PRATINSOM)

• menstrual problems (PRATMENST)

• migraine or severe headache (PRATMIG)

• other developmental problem (PRATODD)

• other lung or breathing problem (PRATOLUNG)

• mental retardation (PRATRET)

• seizures (PRATSEIZ)

• sinusitis (PRATSINUS)

• urinary problem (PRATURIN)

• vision problem (PRATVISION)

• weight problem (PRATWEIGHT)

The aforementioned variables indicating which conditions respondents treated via healing rituals/sacraments provide a "yes" or "no" response for each condition. Analysts interested in the conditions that healing rituals/sacraments was used to treat may wish to consult the following summary variables, as well:

• first condition for which healing rituals/sacraments was used (PRACON1)

• degree of help from healing rituals/sacraments, 1st condition (PRACON1HELP)

• second condition for which healing rituals/sacraments was used (PRACON2)

• degree of help from healing rituals/sacraments, 2nd condition (PRACON2HELP)

• third condition for which healing rituals/sacraments was used (PRACON3)

• degree of help from healing rituals/sacraments, 3rd condition (PRACON3HELP)

• condition count for healing rituals/sacraments (PRACONNO)