The Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Thai Gynecologic Oncology Patients: Influencing Factors

Table 4

Attitude toward complementary and alternative medicine use between users and nonusers.

		CAM users	Non-CAM users	value
CAM could replace conventional medicine
	(i) Strongly disagree	21(22.58)	61(22.02)	0.911
	(ii) Rather disagree	33(35.48)	154(55.60)	0.001
	(iii) Agree	26(27.96)	53(19.13)	0.072
	(iv) Rather agree	10(10.75)	7(2.53)	0.001
	(v) Strongly agree	3(3.23)	2(3.7)	0.070
CAM could be combined with conventional medicine
	(i) Strongly disagree	3(3.23)	22(7.94)	0.117
	(ii) Rather disagree	10(10.75)	59(21.38)	0.024
	(iii) Agree	42(45.16)	146(52.71)	0.208
	(iv) Rather agree	21(22.58)	32(11.55)	0.009
	(v) Strongly agree	17(8.8)	18(6.50)	0.001
CAM could interrupt conventional treatment
	(i) Strongly disagree	23(24.73)	36(13)	0.007
	(ii) Rather disagree	47(50.54)	142(51.26)	0.904
	(iii) Agree	17(18.28)	80(28.88)	0.044
	(iv) Rather agree	3(3.23)	16(5.78)	0.335
	(v) Strongly agree	3(1.5)	3(1.00)	0.157
CAM is not safe
	(i) Strongly disagree	5(5.38)	13(4.69)	0.791
	(ii) Rather disagree	32(34.41)	80(28.88)	0.315
	(iii) Agree	39(41.94)	127(45.85)	0.512
	(iv) Rather agree	12(12.90)	35(12.64)	0.946
	(v) Strongly agree	5(5.38)	22(7.94)	0.410

CAM, complementary and alternative medicine.