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Table 3 Comparison of the pattern of use, recommendation of and knowledge of CAM modalities among final year undergraduate medicine, pharmacy and nursing students using Fisher exact two tailed test

From: Exploring self-use, attitude and interest to study complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) among final year undergraduate medical, pharmacy and nursing students in Sierra Leone: a comparative study

CAM Modalities

Medicine

Pharmacy

Nursing

P-value

Use of CAM

 

N = 26

N = 8

N = 5

 
 

Yes (n)

No (n)

Yes (n)

No (n)

Yes (n)

No (n)

 

Acupuncture

1

25

0

8

0

5

1.000

Herbal

19

7

7

1

5

0

0.596

Massage

9

17

4

4

1

4

0.687

Ayurveda

0

26

0

8

0

5

N/A

Spiritual/prayer

15

11

5

3

3

2

1.000

Homeopathy

1

25

0

8

0

5

1.000

Meditation

4

22

2

6

0

5

0.655

Recommendation of CAM

 

N = 29

N = 9

N = 5

 
 

Yes (n)

No (n)

Yes (n)

No (n)

Yes (n)

No (n)

 

Acupuncture

2

27

0

9

0

5

1.000

Herbal

14

15

7

2

5

0

0.046

Massage

11

18

6

3

0

5

0.053

Ayurveda

0

29

0

9

0

5

N/A

Spiritual/prayer

14

15

6

3

3

2

0.652

Homeopathy

0

29

0

9

0

5

N/A

Meditation

10

19

2

7

0

5

0.342

Knowledge of CAM

 

N = 23

N = 5

N = 3

 
 

Yes (n)

No (n)

Yes (n)

No (n)

Yes (n)

No (n)

 

Accupunture

1

22

0

5

0

3

1.00

Herbal

10

13

3

2

3

0

0.213

Massage

8

15

4

1

0

3

0.091

Ayurveda

0

23

0

5

0

3

N/A

Spiritual/prayer

13

10

4

1

2

1

0.826

Homeopathy

0

23

0

5

0

3

N/A

Meditation

6

17

2

3

0

3

0.653

  1. Note: NA Not applicable as no observed cases were present in the “yes” column which means Pearson chi square or Fisher exact tests could not be computed