Table 4 Reported sources of CAM awareness/information
Source of CAM awareness/information | Type of cancer: Number of patients (%) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|  | Breast (n = 67) | Prostate (n = 36) | Ovarian (n = 17) | Colon (n = 12) | Other (n = 5) | Total (n = 137) |
Health personnel outside the hospital | 1 (1.5) | 1 (2.8) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0%) | 2 (1.5%) |
In-hospital health personnel | 14 (20.9) | 5 (13.9) | 1 (5.9) | 3 (25.0) | 1 (20.0) | 24 (17.5) |
Friends | 46 (68.7) | 30 (83.3) | 9 (52.9) | 8 (66.7) | 2 (40.0) | 95 (69.3) |
Family members | 46 (68.7) | 29 (80.6) | 8 (47.1) | 9 (75.0) | 3 (60.0) | 95 (69.3) |
CAM practitioner | 4 (6.0) | 5 (13.9) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (25.0) | 0 (0.0) | 12 (8.8) |
Mass media | 9 (11.9) | 2 (5.6) | 8 (47.1) | 1 (8.3) | 1 (20.0) | 20 (14.6) |
Religious groups | 15 (22.4) | 14 (38.9) | 5 (29.4) | 2 (16.73) | 0 (0.0) | 36 (26.3) |
Other patients | 29 (43.3) | 17 (42.7) | 6 (35.3) | 8 (66.7) | 0 (0.0) | 60 (43.8) |
Other persons (unspecified) | 1 (1.5) | 1 (2.8) | 2 (11.8) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 4 (2.9) |