Changes in Attitudes of Japanese Doctors toward Complementary and Alternative Medicine—Comparison of Surveys in 1999 and 2005 in Kyoto

Table 4

The reasons of doctors who desire or do not desire to practice CAM therapies in the near future (by multiple choice method).

Reasons for desiring
(1) Solid scientific evidence	51 (22%)
(2) Limitation of Western medicine	141 (62%)
(3) Desire of patients to receive CAM	110 (49%)
(4) Others	42 (19%)
Total	227 (100%)
Invalid answer	25
Reasons for not desiring
(1) No solid scientific evidence	95 (57%)
(2) Lack of knowledge and/or   experience of doctors themselves	116 (69%)
(3) No demands of the patients to   receive CAM	33 (20%)
(4) Problems of medical insurance   systems specific to Japan	37 (22%)
(5) Others	13 (8%)
Total	168 (100%)
Invalid answer	67

By χ ²-test; *P < .05; **P < .01.
NS, not significant.