title: A new generation of complementary medicine users?
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine regular use of alternative remedies amongst undergraduate students.
  
  
  METHODS
  Questionnaire covered use of alternative remedies as well as demographic details.
  
  
  METHODS
  Online completion of the questionnaire.
  
  
  METHODS
  Sixty-nine participants (55 female, 14 male) aged between 18 to 30 years studying undergraduate psychology at Bournemouth University, Dorset, UK.
  
  
  METHODS
  Structured open and closed questions; all questions were given to all of the participants.
  
  
  METHODS
  Qualitative comments were captured as well as percentage of respondents according to answers collected.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Most respondents had used remedies for exam "anxiety" and obtained these products from relatives or friends or relatives.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Reasons of effect provided by participants were that they provided a genuine effect; a general effect; or a placebo effect.
authors.affiliation: Bournemouth University, UK.
authors.forename: Simon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Thompson
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D000529:Complementary Therapies / Q000191:economics / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004739:England; D005260:Female; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008517:Phytotherapy / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013334:Students; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult