Table 2 Attitude of HCPs toward CAM and differences in response by demographic characteristics
Questions about attitudes | SD | D | N | A | SA | A | P | G | EP | AL | CP | MS | R |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Clinical care should integrate conventional medicine and CAM | 82 (17.98) | 111 (24.34) | 88(19.29) | 124(27.19) | 51(11.18) | 0.4 | 0.02 | 0.263 | 0.111 | 0.258 | 0.04 | 0.08 | 0.09 |
CAM includes the ideas and methods from which conventional medicine could benefit | 35 (7.68) | 95(20.83) | 135(29.61) | 152(33.33) | 39(8.55) | 0.08 | 0.06 | 0.48 | 0.011 | 0.101 | 0.223 | 0.02 | 0.39 |
Treatment not tested in scientific manners should be discouraged. | 36 (7.90) | 56(12.28) | 104(22.81) | 153(33.55) | 107(23.46) | 0.21 | 0.03 | 0.17 | 0.53 | 0.135 | 0.02 | 0.136 | 0.18 |
Health and disease are the balance between enhancing and destructive forces. | 38 (8.33) | 93(20.40) | 109(23.90) | 164(35.97) | 52(11.40) | 0.19 | < 0.001 | 0.06 | 0.171 | 0.39 | < 0.001 | 0.25 | 0.253 |
Knowledge of CAM is important to me as a healthcare professional. | 42 (9.21) | 47(10.31) | 128(28.07) | 164(35.96) | 75(16.45) | 0.40 | 0.174 | 0.29 | 0.21 | 0.165 | 0.002 | 0.28 | 0.175 |
Health professionals should be able to advise patients on the commonly used CAM method. | 35 (7.68) | 103 (22.58) | 121(26.54) | 144(31.58) | 53(11.62) | 0.45 | < 0.001 | 0.047 | 0.012 | 0.43 | 0.046 | 0.31 | 0.231 |
CAMs offer patients cost-effective treatment options | 33 (7.24) | 75 (16.45) | 141(30.92) | 168(36.84) | 39(8.55) | 0.23 | 0.002 | 0.284 | 0.71 | 0.19 | 0.053 | 0.049 | 0.81 |
CAMs need more hospital-based research | 27 (5.92) | 79 (17.33) | 107(23.46) | 168(36.84) | 75(16.45) | 0.78 | 0.04 | 0.731 | 0.213 | 0.79 | 0.059 | 0.21 | 0.751 |
CAMs need more scientific testing before being used in conventional medicine. | 28 (6.14) | 74 (16.22) | 113(24.78) | 178(39.04) | 63(13.82) | 0.63 | 0.049 | 0.51 | 0.041 | 0.21 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.32 |
CAMs have a more holistic approach to health than conventional medicine. | 25 (5.48) | 97 (21.27) | 165(36.19) | 156(34.21) | 13(2.85) | 0.19 | 0.016 | 0.27 | 0.78 | 0.171 | 0.03 | 0.010 | 0.09 |