Research Article
A Survey on Perceptions of Complementary and Alternative Medicine among Undergraduates in China
Table 2
Characteristics in TCM and WM.
| | | | TCM (N = 408), Mean ± SD, 53.50 ± 7.405, N (%) | WM (N = 417), Mean ± SD, 45.58 ± 10.807, N (%) | Value |
| | Gender | Males | 101 (24.8) | 176 (42.2) | | | Females | 307 (75.2) | 241 (57.8) |
| | Grade | First- and second-year class | 122 (29.9) | 119 (28.5) | 0.666 | | Third-, fourth-, and fifth-year class | 286 (70.1) | 298 (71.5) |
| | Age (years) | 18–21 | 312 (76.5) | 325 (77.9) | 0.615 | | 22–25 | 96 (23.5) | 92 (22.1) |
| | Place of residency | Rural | 170 (41.7) | 190 (45.6) | 0.259 | | Urban | 238 (58.3) | 227 (54.4) |
| | Father or mother's level of education | ＜High school | 279 (68.4) | 277 (66.4) | 0.549 | | ≥High school | 129 (31.6) | 140 (33.6) |
| | Proportion of CAM courses | 0 | N/A | 58 (13.9) | | | 1%–10% | N/A | 287 (68.8) | | 11%–20% | N/A | 41 (9.8) | | 21%–30% | 34 (8.3) | 31 (7.4) | | 31%–40% | 65 (15.9) | N/A | | 41%–50% | 95 (23.3) | N/A | | ≥51% | 214 (52.5) | N/A |
| | Source of information | Teacher | 372 (91.2) | 134 (32.1) | | | Books, newspapers, or magazines | 29 (7.1) | 102 (24.5) | | Media and Internet | 7 (1.7) | 164 (39.3) | | Others | 0 (0) | 17 (4.0) |
| | Self-application | Yes | 294 (72.1) | 247 (59.2) | | | No | 114 (27.9) | 170 (40.8) |
| | Hope to incorporate CAM into the curricula and learn more them | Yes | 386 (94.6) | 299 (71.7) | | | No | 22 (5.4) | 118 (28.3) |
| | Publicity for CAM in place of residence | Bad | 86 (21.1) | 145 (34.8) | | | Neutral | 244 (59.8) | 254 (60.9) | | Good | 78 (19.1) | 18 (4.3) |
| | Willingness to recommend to others | Negative | 1 (0.2) | 15 (3.6) | | | Neutral | 39 (9.6) | 256 (61.4) | | Positive | 368 (90.2) | 146 (35.0) |
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TCM = students of traditional Chinese medicine, WM = students of Western medicine. was considered as significant. |
