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Table 4 Comparison of CAM effectiveness and harmfulness 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

 

Medicine N = 26

Pharmacy N = 8

Nursing N = 5

 
 

Effectiveness of CAM

P-value

Very Ineffective & ineffective n (%)

1 (3.8)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0.113

Neutral n (%)

4 (15.4)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

Effective& Very Effective n (%)

21 (80.8)

8 (100)

5 (100)

 

Harmfulness of CAM

P-value

Very Harmful & Harmful

1 (3.8)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0.853

Neutral

6 (23.1)

1 (12.5)

0 (0.0)

Not harmful & Very not harmful

19 (73.1)

7 (87.5)

5 (100.0)