Table 6 Source of information amongst 168 CAM users
From: Complementary and alternative medicine use amongst Malaysian orthopaedic oncology patients
Source | Total (N = 168) (%) | Malignant (N = 123) (%) | Benign (N = 45) (%) | p |
|---|---|---|---|---|
From family members | 89 (53.0) | 61 (49.6) | 28 (62.2) | 0.15 |
From friends | 82 (49.0) | 63 (51.6) | 19 (42.2) | 0.28 |
From mass media/websites | 40 (24.0) | 28 (23.0) | 12 (26.7) | 0.62 |
Your own free will | 31 (18.5) | 16 (13.0) | 15 (33.3) | 0.003 |
From health personnel | 24 (14.3) | 18 (14.6) | 6 (13.3) | 0.83 |
From other patients | 20 (12.0) | 15 (12.3) | 5 (11.1) | 0.83 |
From CAM practitioner | 16 (9.5) | 13 (10.6) | 3 (6.7) | 0.56 |
From your church/religious group | 5 (3.0) | 3 (2.4) | 2 (4.4) | 0.61 |