Variables | Data (N = 210) | Use of CAM (at least once during lifetime) | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes | No | P-value* | |||
n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |||
Sex | Men | 57 (27.4) | 55 (96.5) | 2 (3.5) | 0.183 |
Women | 151 (72.6) | 150 (99.3) | 1 (0.7) | ||
Marital status | Marriage | 151 (74.4) | 149 (98.7) | 2 (1.3) | 1 |
Single | 52 (25.6) | 51 (98.1) | 1 (1.9) | ||
Type of healthcare professionals | Physicians | 8 (3.8) | 7 (87.5) | 1 (12.5) | 0.036 |
Nurses | 93 (45.5) | 91 (97.8) | 2 (2.2) | ||
Midwives | 32 (15.3) | 32 (100) | 0 | ||
Health workers | 76 (36.4) | 7 (100) | 0 | ||
Years of practice | 5 ≥ | 123 (61.2) | 121 (98.4) | 2 (1.6 | 0.989 |
> 5 | 78 (38.8) | 77 (98.7) | 1 (1.3) | ||
Recommending complementary / alternative therapies to your clients | Yes | 131 (64.2) | 131 (100) | 0 | 0.045 |
No | 73 (35.8) | 70 (95.9) | 3 (4.1) | ||
Do you have any questions from your clients about their use of complementary / alternative therapies? | Yes | 124 (61.7) | 124 (100) | 0 | 0.055 |
No | 77 (38.3) | 74 (96.1) | 3 (3.9) | ||
How do you think the status of alternative therapies / therapies in the future? | Replace medical treatments | 11 (5.3) | 11 (100) | 0 | 0.957 |
Both medical treatments and complementary therapies will be prescribed | 139 (67.1) | 137 (98.6) | 2 (1.4) | ||
Only medical treatments will be prescribed | 5 (2.4) | 5 (100) | 0 | ||
I do not know | 52 (25.1) | 51 (98.1) | 1 (1.9) |