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Table 6 Correlation between reported knowledge of CAM and knowledge of specific CAM therapies/methods)

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

Health care provider

CAM method

Herbal

r (p)

Spiritual

r (p)

Alternative

r (p)

Physical

r (p)

Energy

r (p)

Therapeutic

r (p)

Doctors (n = 77)

0.481 (≤0.001)

0.587 (≤0.001)

0.618 (≤0.001)

0.518 (≤0.001)

0.482 (≤0.001)

0.507 (≤0.001)

Nurses (n = 172)

0.199 (≤0.001)

0.181 (0.291)

0.244 (≤0.001)

0.180 (0.018)

0.215 (0.008)

0.195 (0.010)

Pharmacists (n = 30)

0.129 (0.496)

0.163 (0.389)

0.247 (0.188)

0.345 (0.062)

0.179 (0.343)

0.174 (0.359)

Others (n = 83)

0.424 (≤0.001)

0.385 (≤0.001)

0.359 (0.001)

0.392 (≤0.001)

0.431 (≤0.001)

0.451 (≤0.001)

  1. CAM complementary and alternative medicine