General perception and self-practice of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) among undergraduate pharmacy students of Bangladesh

Table 2 Self-practice or use of CAM

Item	Response	Year of study (%)				Total (%)	p-value
Item	Response	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Use of CAM	Yes	87	92	92	90	90	0.49
Use of CAM	No	13	8	8	10	10	0.49
Type of CAM used
Meditation	Yes	27	38	32	15	29	0.167
Meditation	No	73	62	68	85	71	0.167
Spirituality	Yes	11	3	0	0	4	0.017^*#
Spirituality	No	89	97	100	100	96	0.017^*#
Homeopathy	Yes	56	55	65	60	59	0.678
Homeopathy	No	44	45	35	40	41	0.678
Ayurveda	Yes	27	32	30	31	30	0.943
Ayurveda	No	73	68	70	69	70	0.943
Unani	Yes	11	12	5	8	9	0.459
Unani	No	89	88	95	92	91	0.459
Acupuncture	Yes	3	2	2	2	2	0.905
Acupuncture	No	97	98	98	98	98
Massage	Yes	21	12	11	4	13	0.067
Massage	No	79	88	89	96	83	0.067
Hypnosis	Yes	2	0	2	2	2	0.949^#
Hypnosis	No	98	0	98	98	98	0.949^#
Yoga	Yes	6	8	8	0	6	0.504^#
Yoga	No	94	92	92	100	94	0.504^#
Other		3	0	0	2	1	-
Purpose of using CAM
Severe disease	Yes	34	18	32	8	24	0.005^*
Severe disease	No	66	82	69	92	76	0.005^*
Common cold & flu	Yes	23	46	33	38	35	0.046^*
Common cold & flu	No	77	54	68	62	65	0.046^*
Pain & inflammation	Yes	34	26	43	27	33	0.176
Pain & inflammation	No	66	74	57	73	67	0.176
Cost effectiveness	Yes	10	12	21	21	16	0.220
Cost effectiveness	No	90	88	79	79	84	0.220
Easy availability	Yes	24	28	27	17	24	0.538
Easy availability	No	76	72	73	83	76	0.538
Other		3	2	0	17	5	-
Effectiveness of result	Yes	92	98	90	85	92	0.081
Effectiveness of result	No	8	2	10	15	8	0.081
Recommending CAM	Yes	92	94	90	77	90	0.026^*
Recommending CAM	No	8	6	10	23	10	0.026^*
Adverse effect	Yes	18	12	11	10	13	0.628
Adverse effect	No	82	88	89	90	87	0.628

*P < 0.05 was considered as significant; ^#for zero cells Yates correction has been conducted

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