Questions about complementary and alternative medicine to the Regional Medicines Information and Pharmacovigilance Centres in Norway (RELIS): a descriptive pilot study

Table 4 Information in the answers to questions (N = 100) about CAM to RELIS

General questions (N = 37)^a			Patient-specific questions (N = 63)^b
Information available for factual answers^cfraction %	Information available for consultative answers^dfraction %	No information available for either factual or consultative answers fraction %	Information available for factual answers^cfraction %	Information available for consultative answers^dfraction %	No information available for either factual or consultative answers fraction %
21/37 56.8*	7/37 18.9	9/37 24.3	12/63 19.0	31/63 49.2**	20/63 31.7

CAM = Complementary and alternative medicine; RELIS = Regional Medicines Information and Pharmacovigilance Centres in Norway.
*Significantly more among general questions, p < 0.05.
**Significantly more among patient-specific questions, p < 0.05.
^aGeneral questions concern guidelines for clinical practice or a population of patients or based on academic interest.
^bPatient-specific question concerned a particular patient.
^cAnswers like the therapeutic dose of a drug or its half-life or synonyms for traditional herbal medicines which can usually be located in textbooks, monographs or databases.
^dAnswers that included clinical advice on a specific case and entails communication with a health care professional on the possible benefits and hazards of one or more courses of action.

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