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Table 3 Reasons for trusting KM therapies in 2014

From: Changes in trust and the use of Korean medicine in South Korea: a comparison of surveys in 2011 and 2014

Category

Low rate of side effects

Proven cures for hundreds of years

Effectiveness

Comfort

Positive reputation

Doctors’ good explanations

Accessibility of KM information to the public

Others

P-value

(Average)

(52.7)

(48.7)

(29.6)

(19.0)

(8.9)

(8.4)

(2.2)

(0.7)

0.019

Gender

 Male

52.8

57.4

29.9

19.0

8.1

7.7

2.1

0.4

 

 Female

52.6

40.6

29.4

19.0

9.7

9.0

2.3

1.0

 

Age (yr)

        

0.012

 20–29

38.6

41.6

36.6

23.8

15.8

2.0

2.0

2.0

 

 30–39

49.1

42.1

30.7

19.3

10.5

10.5

4.4

0.0

 

 40–49

51.0

49.7

32.2

16.8

8.4

11.9

2.1

0.0

 

 50–59

60.4

57.0

24.8

17.4

5.4

8.1

2.0

0.0

 

 60–69

63.2

49.4

24.1

19.5

5.7

8.0

0.0

2.3

 
  1. The 594 respondents who cited KM trust were surveyed. The questions allowed multiple answers. The values represent percentages of participants