Table 2 Expected skills of CAM providers^a

 1. Authorized as health personnel

4.7

(52)

7.4

(9)

0.186

 2. Knowledge of the body at the level of nurses

7.4

(83)

9.8

(12)

0.342

 3. Professional competence based on formal training in alternative therapies

33.6

(376)

72.1

(88)

< 0.001

 4. No professional skills but special healing abilities

10.9

(122)

6.6

(8)

0.136

 5. No special skills

31.2

(349)

4.9

(6)

< 0.001

 6. Don’t know

18.1

(202)

9.0

(11)

0.012