Social and Cultural Factors Affecting Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) Use during Menopause in Sydney and Bologna

Table 3

Frequency of the most visited practitioners and the most used CAM products (of total samples) for Sydney and Bologna.

	Sydney		Bologna		𝑃
	𝑁	%	𝑁	%
Practitioners
Herbalist	59	4.6	112	10.1	<0.001
Nutritionist	55	4.2	79	7.1	<0.01
Naturopath	93	7.2	29	2.6	<0.001
Acupuncturist	62	4.8	50	4.5	0.757
Chinese medicine	32	2.5	24	2.2	0.628
Homeopath	29	2.2	64	5.8	<0.001
Products
Increased soy-based foods	329	25.4	89	8.1	<0.001
Soy and phytoestrogens (pills, capsules)	56	4.3	98	8.9	<0.001
Herbal treatments (pills, decoctions, single herbs, formulae):	289	22.3	155	14.0	<0.001
Cimicifuga racemosa	154	11.9	36	3.3	<0.001
Angelica sinensis	45	3.5	5	0.5	<0.001
Other herbal treatments (single, formulae)	154	11.9	47	4.3	<0.001
Evening primrose oil	238	18.4	n.g.
Homeopathy products	n.g.		37	3.4

n.g.: not gathered.