Usage and Attitudes of Physicians in Japan Concerning Traditional Japanese Medicine (Kampo Medicine): A Descriptive Evaluation of a Representative Questionnaire-Based Survey

Table 4

Reasons not to prescribe Kampo drugs (plural answers).

	Total; (𝑛=113)	Internal medicine; (𝑛=26)	Pediatrics; (𝑛=15)	Psychiatry; (𝑛=8)	OB/GYN; (𝑛=4)	Surgery; (𝑛=11)	Orthopdic; (𝑛=15)	Others; (𝑛=34)
Difficult to use	50 (44.2%)	10 (38.5%)	7 (46.7%)	3 (37.5%)	1 (25.0%)	5 (45.5%)	4 (26.7%)	20 (58.8%)
Short of clinical evidences	45 (39.8%)	10 (38.5%)	7 (46.7%)	2 (25.0%)	0 (0%)	5 (45.5%)	7 (46.7%)	14 (41.2%)
Not enough effectiveness	37 (32.7%)	13 (53.8%)	3 (20.0%)	2 (25.0%)	0 (0%)	3 (27.3%)	6 (40.0%)	9 (26.5%)
Patient’s unpreferance	24 (21.2%)	3 (11.5%)	8 (53.3%)	2 (25.0%)	1 (25.0%)	4 (36.4%)	0 (0%)	2 (5.9%)
Only Western medicine is satisfactory	24 (21.2%)	10 (38.5%)	1 (6.7%)	2 (25.0%)	2 (50.0%)	4 (36.4%)	3 (20.0%)	2 (5.9%)
Others	13 (11.5%)	3 (11.5%)	3 (20.0%)	1 (12.5%)	0 (0%)	1 (9.1%)	1 (6.7%)	4 (11.8%)