Original Article
Changes in Attitudes of Japanese Doctors toward Complementary and Alternative Medicine—Comparison of Surveys in 1999 and 2005 in Kyoto
Table 1
Changes in attitudes of doctors toward CAM therapies between 1999 and 2005.
| | 2005 | 1999 | P-value | | Yes/total (%) | Yes/total (%) | |
| | General | | | |
| | Practice CAM | 323/404 (80) | 267/364 (73) |
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| | Familiar with the term “CAM” | 330/404 (82) | 163/359 (45) |
**
| | Attend meetings or training courses | 149/405 (37) | 103/354 (29) |
*
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| | Kampo | | | |
| | Practice | 315/404 (78) | 251/357 (70) |
*
| | Consulted by patients | 296/404 (73) | 200/361 (55) |
**
| | Refer patients to specialists | 54/404 (13) | 44/362 (12) | NS |
| | Acupuncture and Moxibustion | | | |
| | Practice | 34/404 (8) | 38/362 (11) | NS | | Consulted by patients | 200/404 (49) | 156/362 (43) | NS | | Refer patients to specialists | 81/404 (20) | 79/363 (22) | NS | | Other CAM therapies | 57/405 (14) | 28/354 (8) |
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By -test; *; **.
NS, not significant.
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