ALTERNATIVE THERAPIES

ARE ALMOST AS POPULAR AS CONVENTIONAL MEDICINE.

According to an Odoxa survey, published this Thursday, May 11, 57% of French people consider that alternative therapies are, generally speaking, at least as effective as conventional medicine.

They take up more and more space and now the French consider them. According to an Odexa survey published this Thursday, May 11, a large part of the population views alternative therapies favorably. According to the polling institute's survey, 57% of French people "consider that alternative therapies are, in general, at least as effective as conventional medicine." While 70% have a good image of it. A high rate, which however remains lower than that of conventional medicine, for which 84% of French people have a good image of it.

Another lesson from the study commissioned by Unadfi, the National Union of Associations for the Defense of Families and Individual Victims of Sects: the dynamic development of alternative therapies over the last five years. More than one in two French people consider themselves more willing to use it today than 5 years ago (54%). More than half also believe that alternative therapies compensate for problems in the health system, such as the difficulty in obtaining appointments with doctors (58%) and medical deserts (54%).