The Knowledge, Attitudes and Usage of Complementary and Alternative Medicine of Medical Students

Table 2

Reported likelihood of suggesting CAM to at friend (% of respondents).

CAM modality	First year (n = 93)	Second year (n = 80)	Third year (n = 88)
Meditation/Yoga/ Relaxation/Imagery	68.4	69.5	51.7
Massage	73.7	73.2	57.5
Spirituality	57.9	59.8	43.7
Herbals	55.8	31.7	28.7
Chiropractic	33.7	32.9	16.1
Traditional oriental medicine	43.2	42.7	35.6
T'ai Chi	40	34.1	29.9
Homeopathy	16.8	13.4	12.6
Biofeedback	5.3	17.1	17.2
Hypnosis	16.8	22	5.7
Ayurveda	8.4	7.3	6.9
Osteopathy	16.8	17.1	10.3
Therapeutic touch	11.6	7.3	5.7
Curanderismo	11.6	4.9	2.3