Description

For sample adults age 18+ in 2007 who had seen a practitioner for chiropractic or osteopathic manipulation in the past 12 months (COMYR) and had used chiropractic or osteopathic manipulation to treat a specific health problem or condition (COMTREAT), COMTDEMENT indicates whether the person had used chiropractic or osteopathic manipulation to treat dementia.

Related Variables

Dementia was one of 72 possible specific conditions that sample adults (but not sample children) could report treating with chiropractic care (2002) or with either chiropractic or osteopathic manipulation (2007). The other such conditions are:

• excessive use of alcohol or tobacco (COMTALCTOB, 2007 only)

• angina (COMTANGINA)

• anxiety or depression (COMTANXDEP, 2002 only)

• arthritis, lupus, or fibromyalgia (COMTARTHLF, 2002 only)

• back pain or problem (COMTBACPAIN)

• bipolar disorder (COMTBIPOL, 2007 only)

• birth defect (COMTBIRTHD)

• anemia and blood disorders--adults (COMTBLOOD, 2007 only)

• bowel problems and constipation (COMTBOWL, 2002 only)

• cataracts (COMTCATAR, 2002 only)

• chronic bronchitis (COMTCBRON)

• cholesterol (COMTCHOL)

• congestive heart failure (COMTCONGHF, 2002 only)

• coronary heart disease (COMTCORON)

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

• benign tumors or cysts (COMTCYST)

• dental pain (COMTDENPAIN)

• diabetic retinopathy (COMTDIABRET, 2002 only)

• emphysema (COMTEMPH)

• excessive sleepiness during the day (COMTESLEEPY)

• fibromyalgia (COMTFIBRO, 2007 only)

• fracture, bone or joint injury (COMTFRACT)

• glaucoma (COMTGLAUC, 2002 only)

• gout (COMTGOUT, 2007 only)

• gynecologic problem (COMTGYN)

• heart attack (COMTHATT)

• hernia (COMTHERN)

• hypertension (COMTHYPER)

• inflammatory bowel disease (COMTINFB, 2007 only)

• stomach or intestinal illness (COMTINTEST)

• irritable bowel (COMTIRRB, 2007 only)

• irregular heartbeat (COMTIRRH, 2002 only)

• jaw pain (COMTJAWPAIN)

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

• weak or failing kidneys (COMTKIDNEY)

• poor circulation in legs (COMTLCIRC)

• liver problem (COMTLIVER)

• lupus (COMTLUPUS, 2007 only)

• macular degeneration (COMTMACD, 2002 only)

• allergy to medication (COMTMALL, 2002 only)

• mania or psychosis (COMTMANIA, 2007 only)

• memory loss or loss of other cognitive function (COMTMEMLOS, 2007 only)

• menopause (COMTMENOP)

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

• multiple sclerosis (COMTMSCLER, 2002 only)

• neck pain or problem (COMTNECPAIN)

• neuropathy (COMTNEUROP, 2002 only)

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

• other allergies--adults (COMTOALLA, 2007 only)

• other heart condition or disease (COMTOHART)

• other infectious diseases (COMTOINF, 2007 only)

• other injury (COMTOINJ)

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

• osteoporosis, tendinitis (COMTOSTEO)

• Parkinson's disease (COMTPARK, 2002 only)

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

• prostate trouble or impotence (COMTPROST)

• recurring pain (COMTRECPAIN, 2002 only)

• Rheumatoid arthritis (COMTRHEUM, 2007 only)

• schizophrenia (COMTSCHIZ, 2007 only)

• senility (COMTSENILE)

• skin problems--adults (COMTSKINA)

• sprain or strain (COMTSPRAIN)

• stress (COMTSTRESS, 2007 only)

• stroke (COMTSTROKE)

• substance abuse, other than alcohol or tobacco (COMTSUBST, 2007 only)

• thyroid problem (COMTTHYR, 2002 only)

• ulcer (COMTULCER)

• varicose veins, hemorrhoids (COMTVEIN)

• other (COMTOTH2, COMTOTH3)

Additionally, there are 31 other conditions that both sample adults and sample children could report treating with chiropractor. For the full list of conditions, see COMTREAT.

Chiropractor is one of 16 modalities of alternative medicine that were included in the 2002 and 2007 Alternative Health Supplements. Respondents could report treating dementia by 15 of those methods. (The omitted alternative treatment is prayer, which was included as a treatment for specific health problems in the 2002 survey only. See PRASELFEV for more information.) Analysts interested in the treatment of dementia by other alternative therapies should see COMYR for the full list of alternative medicine treatments and a summary of other chiropractor-related questions, as well as definitions.

Comparability

This variable is only available for 2007, when respondents were asked about their use of "chiropractic or osteopathic manipulation" to treat health conditions. Treatment of many other specific conditions was covered in the 2002 Alternative Health Supplement. However, in 2002 respondents were asked to report the use of "chiropractic care" (but not osteopathic manipulation) to treat particular conditions. Researchers should therefore exercise caution when conducting analyses that include chiropractic condition variables from both 2002 and 2007.

Universe

Availability

• 2007

Weights

• 2007 : SAMPWEIGHT