Table 5 Pharmacy students attitude towards CAM
Statements | SDA n (%) | DA n (%) | N n (%) | A n (%) | SA n (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Clinical care should integrate best conventional and CAM practice | 2(2.2) | 2(2.2) | 2(2.2) | 51(56.7) | 33(36.7) |
A patient’s expectations, health beliefs and values should be integrated into the patient care process | 6(6.7) | 7(7.8) | 10(11.1) | 42(46.7) | 25(27.8) |
Complementary therapies include ideas and methods from which conventional medicine could benefit. | 2(2.2) | 5(5.6) | 15(16.7) | 51(56.7) | 17(18.9) |
Treatments not tested in a scientifically recognized manner should be discouraged | 14(15.6) | 15(16.7) | 10(11.1) | 17(18.9) | 34(37.8) |
Complementary therapies are a threat to public health | 14(15.6) | 40(44.4) | 15(16.7) | 16(17.8) | 5(5.6) |
Health and disease are a reflection of balance between positive life-enhancing forces and negative destructive forces | 4(4.4) | 5(5.6) | 26(28.9) | 43(47.8) | 12(13.3) |
Effects of complementary therapies are usually the result of a placebo effect | 10(11.1) | 16(17.8) | 41(45.6) | 19(21.1) | 4(4.4) |
CAM treatment have no true impact on treatment of symptoms, disease conditions | 30(33.3) | 32(35.6) | 20(22.2) | 8(8.9) | 0(0) |
Knowledge of CAM is important to me as a pharmacist | 1(1.1) | 4(4.4) | 4(4.4) | 40(44.4) | 41(45.6) |
Health professional should be able to advise patient on commonly used CAM methods | 1(1.1) | 3(3.3) | 3(3.3) | 43(47.8) | 40(44.4) |