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Table 1 Frequency distribution of selected demographics per type of health care providera

From: Knowledge, attitudes, and practices among health care providers regarding complementary and alternative medicine in Trinidad and Tobago

Variable

Type of health care provider

Doctor

n (%)

Nurse

Pharmacist

Other

Total

Response rate

77 (21.3)

172 (47.5)

30 (8.3)

83 (22.9)

362 (60.3)

Gender

 Male

45 (58.4)

10 (5.8)

12 (40.0)

45 (54.2)

112 (30.9)

 Female

32 (41.6)

162 (94.2)

18 (60.0)

38 (45.8)

250 (69.1)

Years of practice

  < 5

43 (55.8)

49 (25.8)

20 (66.7)

35 (42.7)

148 (40.6)

 5–10

8 (10.4)

46 (26.7)

3 (10.0)

10 (12.2)

67 (18.5)

 11–20

4 (5.2)

20 (11.6)

4 (13.3)

9 (11.0)

37 (10.2)

 21–30

7 (9.1)

16 (9.3)

2 (6.7)

8 (9.8)

33 (9.1)

 31–40

13 (16.9)

28 (16.3)

0 (0.0)

13 (15.9)

54 (14.9)

  > 40

2 (2.6)

13 (7.6)

1 (3.3)

7 (8.5)

23 (6.4)

Ethnicity

 Afro-Trinbagonian

11 (14.3)

63 (36.8)

1 (3.3)

8 (9.6)

83 (22.9)

 Indo-Trinbagonian

50 (64.9)

72 (42.1)

28 (80.0)

56 (67.5)

202 (55.8)

 Mixed

11 (14.3)

33 (19.3)

4 (13.3)

14 (16.9)

62 (17.1)

 Other

5 (6.5)

3 (1.8)

1 (3.3)

5 (6.0)

15 (4.2)

Religious affiliation

 None

1 (1.6)

10 (7.2)

0 (0.0)

3 (4.4)

14 (3.9)

 Islamism

9 (14.8)

8 (5.8)

6 (21.6)

5 (7.4)

28 (7.8)

 Hinduism

22 (36.1)

21 (21.0)

7 (30.4)

18 (26.5)

76 (21.0)

 Christianity

29 (47.5)

91 (65.9)

10 (43.5)

42 (61.8)

172 (47.5)

Religiosity

 Not religious

12 (16.7)

20 (11.8)

1 (3.3)

9 (10.8)

42 (11.6)

 Not very religious

22 (30.6)

59 (34.9)

14 (46.7)

31 (37.3)

126 (34.8)

 Very religious

33 (45.8)

87 (51.5)

15 (50.0)

40 (48.2)

175 (48.3)

 Extremely religious

5 (6.9)

3 (1.8)

0 (0.0)

3 (3.6)

11 (3.0)

  1. aExcludes non-responses
  2. Data are the number (percentage)