Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use among Physicians in Oriental Medicine Hospitals in Vietnam: A Hospital-Based Survey
Table 1
Demographic characteristics of the respondents.
Provincial hospital
National hospital
Total
Response rate /total (%)
239/257 (93.0)
73/80 (91.3)
0.78
312/337 (92.6)
Age (yrs)
>45yrs (%)
28.5
43.8
32.1
36–45 yrs (%)
34.7
34.2
0.02
34.6
≤35 (%)
36.8
21.9
33.3
Gender
Men (%)
52.7
41.1
0.11
50.0
Women (%)
47.3
58.9
50.0
Department
Inpatient (%)
79.5
64.4
0.008
76.0
Outpatient (%)
20.5
35.6
24.0
Number of patients seen per day (pts)
≥21 pts (%)
31.4
13.7
27.2
11–20 pts (%)
45.6
28.8
<0.0001
41.7
≤10 pts (%)
23
57.5
31.1
Length of experience in TM practice (yrs)
≥20 yrs (%)
17.2
45.2
23.7
10–19 yrs (%)
38.5
32.9
<0.0001
37.2
<10 yrs (%)
44.4
21.9
39.1
Education in TM
Undergraduate (%)
57.3
38.4
0.004
52.9
Graduate (%)
42.7
61.6
47.1
Running private clinic
Yes (%)
25.9
20.5
0.35
24.7
No (%)
74.1
79.5
75.3
Medical specialty
GP (%)
24.7
38.4
0.02
27.9
OMD (%)
75.3
61.6
72.1
was calculated by chi-squared tests. TM: traditional medicine; GP: physicians who were trained as general practitioners in medical school; OMD: physicians who were trained as oriental medical doctors in medical school.
