Table 7 Participants’ attitude towards complementary and alternative medicine (CAM)
Questiona | Number (%) |
|---|---|
Do you believe that CAM is beneficial to healthcare? | 170 (67.7) |
As a future doctor, will you recommend CAM to a patient? | 146 (58.2) |
Do you agree that patients have right to choose between CAM and orthodox medicine? | 182 (72.5) |
As a future doctor, will you encourage the use of CAM together with orthodox medicine? | 140 (55.8) |
Do you agree that CAM should be introduced in medical course? | 160 (63.7) |
Will you be ready to be trained more on CAM after becoming a doctor? | 131 (52.2) |
Do you agree that it’s necessary to ask every patient of previous usage of CAM during history taking? | 172 (68.5) |
As a future doctor, will you ask patient of previous CAM use? | 168 (66.9) |
Do you agree that It is necessary for a doctor to have good knowledge of CAM? | 166 (66.1) |
As a future doctor, will you have a positive reaction should a patient ask you to recommend a CAM? | 146 (58.2) |