|
Whether complementary modalities should be subjected to more scientific testing^^
|
|
Yes
|
302
|
71.6
|
119
|
88.8
|
54
|
88.5
|
15
|
55.6
|
114
|
57
|
< 0.001*
|
|
Most important factor for recommending a complementary modality
| | | | | | | | | | |
< 0.001^
|
|
Evidence for safety
|
209
|
49.1
|
52
|
38.2
|
37
|
59.7
|
12
|
44.4
|
108
|
53.7
| |
|
Evidence for efficacy
|
169
|
39.7
|
55
|
40.4
|
25
|
40.3
|
14
|
51.9
|
75
|
37.3
| |
|
Evidence does not matter
|
22
|
5.2
|
5
|
3.7
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
17
|
8.5
| |
|
Double responses
|
26
|
6.1
|
24
|
17.6
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
3.7
|
1
|
0.5
| |
|
Sufficient efficacy evidence to recommend a complementary modality
| | | | | | | | | | |
< 0.001^
|
|
No or weak evidence for efficacy
|
39
|
9.3
|
9
|
6.6
|
3
|
4.9
|
2
|
7.4
|
25
|
12.9
| |
|
Moderate evidence for efficacy
|
151
|
36.1
|
37
|
27.2
|
11
|
18
|
17
|
63
|
86
|
44.3
| |
|
Strong evidence for efficacy
|
168
|
40.2
|
66
|
48.5
|
39
|
63.9
|
7
|
25.9
|
56
|
28.9
| |
|
Would never recommend
|
60
|
14.4
|
24
|
17.6
|
8
|
13.1
|
1
|
3.7
|
27
|
13.9
| |
|
Sufficient evidece for safety
| | | | | | | | | | |
< 0.001^
|
|
No or weak evidence for safety
|
12
|
2.9
|
3
|
2.2
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
3.7
|
8
|
4.1
| |
|
Moderate evidence for safety
|
57
|
13.6
|
4
|
3
|
3
|
4.8
|
7
|
25.9
|
43
|
22.1
| |
|
Strong evidence for safety
|
309
|
73.7
|
108
|
80
|
52
|
83.9
|
18
|
66.7
|
131
|
67.2
| |
|
Would never recommend
|
41
|
9.8
|
20
|
14.8
|
7
|
11.3
|
1
|
3.7
|
13
|
6.7
| |
|
Number of complementary modality care patients who delayed or declined conventional treatment
| | | | | | | | | | |
< 0.001*
|
|
No patients
|
337
|
80
|
95
|
70.4
|
30
|
49.2
|
25
|
96.2
|
187
|
94
| |
|
One or more patients
|
84
|
20
|
40
|
29.6
|
31
|
50.8
|
1
|
3.8
|
12
|
6
| |
|
How the providers would address a complementary modality patient who delayed or declined conventional treatment
| | | | | | | | | | | |
|
Have not experienced
|
206
|
44.2
|
52
|
36.6
|
15
|
21.7
|
12
|
38.7
|
127
|
58.8
|
< 0.001*
|
|
Respect the patient’s choice
|
157
|
33.7
|
57
|
40.1
|
35
|
50.7
|
11
|
35.5
|
54
|
25.0
|
< 0.001*
|
|
Try to convince patient
|
127
|
27.3
|
65
|
45.8
|
13
|
18.8
|
7
|
22.6
|
42
|
19.4
|
< 0.001*
|
|
Encourage patient soliciting a second opinion
|
150
|
32.2
|
34
|
23.9
|
24
|
34.8
|
12
|
38.7
|
80
|
37.0
|
0.122*
|
|
Ask family members to intervene
|
9
|
1.9
|
7
|
4.9
|
2
|
2.9
|
0
|
0.0
|
0
|
0.0
|
0.003^
|
|
Inform patient of consequences of not receiving conventional treatment
|
203
|
43.6
|
91
|
64.1
|
42
|
60.9
|
10
|
32.3
|
60
|
27.8
|
< 0.001*
|
|
Approve of patient combining complementary and conventional treatments
| | | | | | | | | | |
< 0.001^
|
|
Never
|
23
|
5.9
|
12
|
9
|
3
|
5.8
|
0
|
0
|
8
|
4.5
| |
|
Sometimes
|
147
|
37.8
|
84
|
63.2
|
31
|
59.6
|
6
|
24
|
26
|
14.5
| |
|
Often
|
107
|
27.5
|
27
|
20.3
|
9
|
17.3
|
8
|
32
|
63
|
35.2
| |
|
Always
|
112
|
28.8
|
10
|
7.5
|
9
|
17.3
|
11
|
44
|
82
|
45.8
| |
|
Asking patients if they consider risks of combining complementary and conventional treatments
| | | | | | | | | | |
< 0.001*
|
|
Never
|
153
|
39.2
|
54
|
40.3
|
17
|
30.4
|
11
|
44
|
71
|
40.6
| |
|
Sometimes
|
147
|
37.7
|
59
|
44
|
31
|
55.4
|
11
|
44
|
46
|
26.3
| |
|
Often/always
|
90
|
23.1
|
21
|
15.7
|
8
|
14.3
|
3
|
12
|
58
|
33.1
| |
|
Advice given to patients who ask about complementary modalities
| | | | | | | | | | |
< 0.001^
|
|
Discourage use
|
14
|
3.6
|
10
|
7.5
|
2
|
3.6
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
1.1
| |
|
Encourage use
|
100
|
25.8
|
3
|
2.3
|
4
|
7.3
|
11
|
42.3
|
82
|
47.1
| |
|
Neither
|
177
|
45.6
|
81
|
60.9
|
30
|
54.5
|
10
|
38.5
|
56
|
32.2
| |
|
Other
|
97
|
25
|
39
|
29.3
|
19
|
34.5
|
5
|
19.2
|
34
|
19.5
| |
|
Advice given to patients who ask about conventional treatment
|
|
Discourage use
|
2
|
0.5
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
1.1
|
0.005^
|
|
Encourage use
|
308
|
78.2
|
116
|
86.6
|
42
|
77.8
|
21
|
84
|
129
|
71.3
| |
|
Neither discourage nor encourage
|
46
|
11.7
|
5
|
3.7
|
6
|
11.1
|
4
|
16
|
31
|
17.1
| |
|
Other
|
38
|
9.6
|
13
|
9.7
|
6
|
11.1
|
0
|
0
|
19
|
10.5
| |
|
Complementary modalities are dangerous because they delay conventional treatments
| | | | | | | | | | |
< 0.001*
|
|
Yes
|
178
|
47.6
|
100
|
78.1
|
35
|
71.4
|
6
|
24
|
37
|
21.5
| |
