Table 3 Reasons for CAM usage (exemplary items per page)
Breast cancer sample | Internet sample | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Frequent users | Infrequent users | ||||||||||||||
N | acute | long-term | acute + long-term | well-being | N | acute | long-term | acute + long-term | well-being | N | acute | long-term | acute + long-term | well-being | |
Visited a homeopath | 3 | 0 | 2 (67%) | 0 | 2 (67%) | 26 | 6 (23%) | 13 (50%) | 3 (12%) | 10 (38%) | 3 | 2 (67%) | 1 (33%) | 0 | 0 |
Herbal Medicine | 21 | 3 (14%) | 8 (38%) | 0 | 13 (62%) | 30 | 20 (67%) | 3 (10%) | 4 (13%) | 10 (33%) | 44 | 27 (61%) | 9 (20%) | 2 (5%) | 9 (20%) |
Vitamins | 37 | 7 (19%) | 10 (27%) | 0 | 20 (54%) | 34 | 5 (15%) | 7 (21%) | 1 (3%) | 21 (62%) | 46 | 4 (9%) | 7 (15%) | 2 (4%) | 35 (76%) |
Relaxation techniques | 18 | 1 (6%) | 4 (22%) | 0 | 11 (61%) | 24 | 1 (4%) | 5 (21%) | 1 (4%) | 20 (83) | 31 | 1 (3%) | 6 (19%) | 1 (3%) | 24 (77%) |