Table 3 Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) usage and clinician discussion, n = 126
From: The use of complementary and alternative medicine among cancer patients in Hawaii
CAM use | n | % | ||||
Yes | 72 | 57.1 | ||||
No | 54 | 42.9 | ||||
CAM use (n = 72) | No CAM use (n = 54) | Total (n = 126) | ||||
Spoke with a clinician? | n | % | n | % | n | % |
Yes | 21 | 29.2 | 2 | 3.8 | 23 | 18.3 |
No | 39 | 54.2 | 40 | 74.1 | 79 | 62.7 |
No response | 12 | 16.7 | 12 | 22.2 | 24 | 19.0 |
Reasonsa | ||||||
No prior knowledge about CAM | 8 | |||||
Did not think it's necessary | 7 | |||||
Did not think about it | 4 | |||||
Plans to speak to provider | 3 | |||||
Not using CAM | 3 | |||||
Not interested | 2 | |||||
Provider did not ask | 2 | |||||
Not using a lot | 1 | |||||
No response | 75 | |||||