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November 30, 2025BMC Complementary Medicine and TherapiesOpen Access

The association between health anxiety and visits to traditional and complementary medicine providers in Norway: the Tromsø7 Study

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ANAnja Davis NorbyeURUnni RingbergAKAgnete Egilsdatter Kristoffersen

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Overview

Cross-sectional data shows higher health anxiety increases odds of traditional and complementary medicine visits, indicating a need for awareness.

Key Points

  • Visits to traditional and complementary medicine providers increase with higher health anxiety scores, indicating significant associations.
  • A 1-point increase in health anxiety is linked to 5-7% higher odds of visiting complementary medicine practitioners.
  • Using logistic regression, the study analyzed a large adult population from the Tromsø Study, assessing provider visits and health anxiety.
  • These findings suggest the importance of recognizing health anxiety in the context of traditional and complementary medicine visits.

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Norbye et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/692b9da91d383f2b2a37a697https://doi.org/10.1186/s12906-025-05180-7
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