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Table 8 Participant’s beliefs about complementary and alternative medicine (CAM)

From: Use and acceptance of complementary and alternative medicine among medical students: a cross sectional study from Palestine

Item

Agree

Strongly agree

Disagree

Strongly disagree

No opinion

All types of CAM are safe and have very few side effects

110 (43.8)

31 (12.4)

45 (17.9)

6 (2.4)

59 (23.5)

Conventional medicine doesn’t offer the patient benefits offered by alternative medicine

50 (19.9)

22 (8.8)

82 (32.7)

34 (13.5)

63 (25.1)

Results of complementary medicine is mainly due to placebo effect

64 (25.5)

25 (10.0)

45 (17.9)

45 (17.9)

72 (28.7)

I have full trust to debate with patients about terms of alternative and complementary medicine

78 (31.1)

16 (6.4)

38 (15.1)

53 (21.1)

66 (26.3)

Complementary and alternative medicine not only cure the disease but will improve general health in other hand

119 (47.4)

19 (7.6)

32 (12.7)

18 (7.2)

63 (25.1)

The doctor should continuously question whether the patient was used modalities of alternative medicine

115 (45.8)

43 (17.1)

35 (13.9)

21 (8.4)

37 (14.7)

We need scientific evaluation before use complementary and alternative medicine

117 (46.6)

65 (25.9)

17 (6.8)

11 (4.4)

41 (16.3)