Table 2 Reported level of knowledge of locally used CAM methods per type of health care provider
CAM method | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Health care provider | Knowledge level | Herbal n (%) | Spiritual n (%) | Alternative n (%) | Physical n (%) | Energy n (%) | Therapeutic n (%) | |
Doctors (n = 77) | None | 4 (5.2) | 18 (23.4) | 34 (44.2) | 14 (18.2) | 53 (68.8) | 56 (72.7) | |
Fair | 59 (76.6) | 50 (64.9) | 33 (42.9) | 49 (63.6) | 17 (22.1) | 16 (20.8) | ||
Adequate | 14 (18.2) | 9 (11.7) | 10 (13.0) | 14 (18.2) | 7 (9.1) | 5 (6.5) | ||
Nurses (n = 172) | None | 10 (5.8) | 25 (15.1) | 72 (41.9) | 33 (19.2) | 111 (64.5) | 107 (62.2) | |
Fair | 87 (50.6) | 113 (65.7) | 84 (48.8) | 93 (54.1) | 50 (29.1) | 56 (32.6) | ||
Adequate | 75 (43.6) | 33 (19.2) | 16 (9.3) | 46 (26.7) | 11 (6.4) | 9 (5.2) | ||
Pharmacists (n = 30) | None | 0 (0.0) | 9 (30.0) | 7 (23.3) | 5 (16.7) | 22 (73.3) | 20 (66.7) | |
Fair | 16 (53.3) | 19 (63.3) | 21 (70.0) | 22 (73.3) | 8 (26.7) | 10 (33.3) | ||
Adequate | 14 (46.7) | 2 (6.7) | 2 (6.7) | 3 (10.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | ||
Others (n = 83) | None | 3 (3.6) | 18 (21.7) | 35 (42.2) | 19 (22.9) | 55 (66.3) | 58 (69.9) | |
Fair | 58 (69.9) | 51 (61.4) | 41 (49.4) | 46 (55.4) | 21 (25.3) | 20 (24.1) | ||
Adequate | 22 (26.5) | 14 (16.9) | 7 (8.4) | 18 (21.7) | 7 (8.4) | 5 (6.0) | ||