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Table 4 Belief about Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) (N = 216)

From: Prevalence and modes of complementary and alternative medicine use among peasant farmers with musculoskeletal pain in a rural community in South-Western Nigeria

 

Agree

Undecided

Disagree

Item

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

1. CAM is very good in maintaining a healthy life

188 (87.1)

23 (10.6)

5 (2.3)

2. There are less side effects when taking CAM therapies

160 (74.1)

33 (15.3)

21 (9.7)

3. CAM are healthier than taking conventional drugs

137 (63.4)

42 (19.4)

37 (17.1)

4. CAM use will increase if the government will develop it

188 (87.0)

23 (10.7)

5 (2.3)

5. CAM enhances the body’s own defense mechanism and promotes self-healing

183 (84.8)

26 (12.0)

7 (3.2)

6. The more knowledge about CAM, the more the use

190 (88.0)

23 (10.6)

3 (1.4)

7. Parents should teach their children about CAM

192 (88.9)

21 (9.7)

3 (1.4)

8. The more the friends that use CAM the more likely to use CAM

180 (83.3)

22 (10.2)

14 (6.5)

9. CAM is more effective than orthodox medicine

142 (65.7)

37 (17.1)

7 (3.2)

10. CAM is good for the physical, mental and spiritual health

6 (2.8)

177 (81.9)

33 (15.3)

11. The more the fears for conventional medicine, the more likely to use CAM

104 (48.2)

28 (13.0)

84 (38.9)

12. People who do not have money are likely to use CAM

86 (39.8)

34 (15.7)

96 (44.4)