Table 4 Disclosure of HDS use to doctors and the reasons for not disclosing (n=189)
| Â | Frequency | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
Informed their doctor about their HDS use | Â | Â |
  Yes | 53 | 28.0 |
  No | 136 | 72.0 |
Reasons for not reporting HDS use (n=144)* | Â | Â |
  Health care providers don’t ask | 66 | 45.8 |
  Patients worried that their doctor will disapprove of HDS use | 22 | 15.3 |
  Short-term or occasional use | 19 | 13.2 |
  No need to inform their practitioner | 18 | 12.5 |
  Didn’t see their doctor during the period of HDS use | 8 | 5.5 |
  Just start using HDS and no opportunity | 4 | 2.8 |
  Stopping or planning to stop using HDS | 3 | 2.1 |
  Don’t want to tell them | 2 | 1.4 |
  HDS are safe | 1 | 0.7 |
  Doesn’t influence their disease (s) | 1 | 0.7 |