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Table 1 Respondents Demographics

From: Exploring self-use, attitude and interest to study complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) among final year undergraduate medical, pharmacy and nursing students in Sierra Leone: a comparative study

  

Medicine

N = 46

Pharmacy

N = 11

Nursing

N = 10

Total

N = 67

Response rate (n) %

 

44 (95.7)

11 (100.0)

9 (90.0)

64 (95.5).

Age group n (%)

21–25

15 (34.1)

2 (18.2)

2 (22.2)

19 (29.7)

26–30

23 (52.3)

7 (63.6)

4 (44.4)

34 (53.1)

31–35

5 (11.4)

2 (18.2)

2 (22.2)

9 (14.1)

≥36

1 (2.2)

0 (0.0)

1 (11.1)

2 (3.1)

Sex n (%)

male

31 (70.5)

7 (63.6)

2 (22.2)

40 (62.5)

female

13 (29.5)

4 (36.4)

7 (77.8)

24 (37.5)

Place of origin n (%)

Urban

23 (52.3)

6 (54.5)

4 (44.4)

33 (51.6)

rural

21 (47.7)

5 (45.5)

5 (55.6)

31 (48.4)

Religion n (%)

Christian

33 (75.0)

8 (72.7)

4 (44.4)

45 (70.3)

Muslim

11 (25.0)

3 (27.3)

5 (55.6)

19 (29.7)