Original Article
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 |
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