Gastrointestinal symptoms in a Japanese population: A health diary study

Table 4 Health care utilization in a month among the participants with gastrointestinal symptoms

Symptom	Visits to a physician		Dietary CAM uses		Physical CAM uses
	mean (d)	SD	mean (d)	SD	mean (d)	SD
Any gastrointestinal symptoms	0.67	1.502	1.82	5.614	0.12	0.891
Diffuse abdominal pain	0.58	1.518	1.48	5.075	0.10	1.133
Upper abdominal pain	0.45	1.040	2.76	6.823	0.32	1.791
Diarrhea	0.81	1.300	1.39	4.747	0.07	0.431
Nausea	0.76	1.274	1.70	4.738	0.25	1.851
Dyspepsia	0.50	1.344	4.47	8.023	0.52	2.533
Constipation	0.90	1.746	2.43	6.333	0.20	0.651
Vomiting	1.64	2.354	0.89	2.442	0.00	0.00
Abdominal fullness	0.32	0.638	2.91	6.440	0.06	0.343
Heartburn	0.44	0.784	2.11	3.692	0.50	1.465
Lower abdominal pain	0.63	1.628	2.06	7.206	0.19	0.750
Hematemesis	0.00	0.000	0.00	0.000	0.00	0.000

CAM: complementary and alternative medicine; SD: standard deviation. Hematochezia could not be analyzed becaused of few incidence.