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Table 2 Health care providers consulted in the past 12 months

From: The utilization of traditional, complementary and alternative medicine for non-communicable diseases and mental disorders in health care patients in Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam

Health care providers consulted in the past 12 months

Visited

Motivation

Helpfulness

(N, %)

Acute illness (%)

Long term illness (%)

To improve well-being or other (%)

Very/somewhat (%)

Medical practitioner

 All

4226 (90.7)

21.5

61.2

14.4

68.0/27.7

 Cambodia

1449 (90.7)

32.3

58.3

23.8

53.2/45.7

 Thailand

1420 (96.5)

8.4

73.9

50.9

89.3/8.5

 Vietnam

1357 (85.2)

23.8

50.9

17.1

61.6/29.1

Herbalist

 All

753 (17.3)

24.7

44.4

30.8

31.8/55.3

 Cambodia

325 (20.5)

46.2

28.6

25.2

14.2/73.5

 Thailand

118 (9.6)

5.1

69.2

25.6

47.0/42.7

 Vietnam

310 (20.0)

9.4

51.6

38.6

44.7/40.8

Massage therapist

 All

256 (6.0)

5.1

50.0

44.1

50.0/38.3

 Cambodia

36 (2.3)

19.4

22.2

55.6

11.1/66.7

 Thailand

188 (15.1)

3.2

59.0

32.4

58.0/33.0

 Vietnam

32 (2.2)

0.0

28.1

46.9

46.9/37.5

Acupuncturist

 All

240 (5.5)

19.0

49.8

30.7

42.4/47.2

 Cambodia

83 (5.2)

30.1

34.9

32.5

15.7/74.7

 Thailand

43 (3.5)

4.7

67.4

27.9

81.4/16.3

 Vietnam

114 (7.5)

16.2

54.3

7.6

47.6/38.1

Spiritual healer

 All

24 (0.6)

29.2

45.8

25.0

29.2/45.8

 Cambodia

6 (0.4)

33.0

33.3

33.3

16.7/50.0

 Thailand

3 (0.3)

0.0

100

0.0

66.7/50.0

 Vietnam

15 (1.0)

33.3

33.3

33.3

26.7/46.7