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Table 4 Disclosure of HDS use to doctors and the reasons for not disclosing (n=189)
| Frequency | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|
| Informed their doctor about their HDS use | ||
| Yes | 53 | 28.0 |
| No | 136 | 72.0 |
| Reasons for not reporting HDS use (n=144)* | ||
| Health care providers don’t ask | 66 | 45.8 |
| Patients worried that their doctor will disapprove of HDS use | 22 | 15.3 |
| Short-term or occasional use | 19 | 13.2 |
| No need to inform their practitioner | 18 | 12.5 |
| Didn’t see their doctor during the period of HDS use | 8 | 5.5 |
| Just start using HDS and no opportunity | 4 | 2.8 |
| Stopping or planning to stop using HDS | 3 | 2.1 |
| Don’t want to tell them | 2 | 1.4 |
| HDS are safe | 1 | 0.7 |
| Doesn’t influence their disease (s) | 1 | 0.7 |
