| Physician opinions on CAM therapy |
Number |
Percentage |
| Are your patients using CAM for chronic disease |
168 |
68.0 |
| 10-30% |
104 |
60.8 |
| <10 % |
43 |
25.1 |
| 31-50% |
20 |
11.7 |
| >75% |
3 |
1.8 |
| 51-75% |
1 |
0.6 |
| Do you ask patients whether they are using CAM |
169 |
68.4 |
| Patients inform you about using CAM |
151 |
52.6 |
| 10-30% |
71 |
46.7 |
| <10 % |
43 |
28.9 |
| 31-50% |
18 |
11.8 |
| >75% |
11 |
7.2 |
| 51-75% |
8 |
5.3 |
| General utility |
|
|
| May be useful, but also harmful |
133 |
54.3 |
| Useless, can be harmful |
60 |
24.5 |
| May be useful, but harmless |
16 |
6.5 |
| Don’t Know |
14 |
5.7 |
| Is useful and helps in improving patient condition |
13 |
5.3 |
| Useless & harmless |
9 |
3.7 |
| Interaction with allopathic medication |
|
|
| Increases side effects of allopathic medicine |
91 |
37.0 |
| Does not affect action of allopathic medicine |
66 |
26.8 |
| No effect, but helps control severity of Disease |
51 |
20.7 |
| Reduces the effect of allopathic medicine |
25 |
10.2 |
| Improves the effect of allopathic medicine |
9 |
3.7 |
| Decreases side effect of allopathic medicine |
4 |
1.6 |
| Effect of CAM |
|
|
| CAM- Worsen the patient condition |
84 |
34.3 |
| CAM can have mild to moderate side effect |
62 |
25.3 |
| CAM can have serious side effects |
34 |
13.9 |
| CAM-Improves the patient condition |
27 |
11.0 |
| CAM- Doesn’t change the patient condition |
24 |
9.8 |
| CAM - Has no side effects |
14 |
5.7 |
| Physicians recommending patients to CAM |
67 |
27.1 |
| Yoga |
57 |
85.0 |
| Meditation |
47 |
70.1 |
| Massage |
14 |
20.8 |
| Ayurveda |
13 |
19.4 |
| Spiritual healing/prayer |
12 |
17.9 |
| Dance/Art/Music therapy |
8 |
11.9 |
| Homeopathy |
6 |
8.9 |
| Acupuncture |
5 |
7.4 |
