Original Article
The Knowledge, Attitudes and Usage of Complementary and Alternative Medicine of Medical Students
Table 3
Likelihood of suggesting CAM to a patient (% of respondents).
| Modality | First year (n = 93) | Second year (n = 80) | Third year (n = 88) |
| Meditation/Yoga/ Relaxation/Imagery | 67.4 | 76.8 | 61.4 | Massage | 69.5 | 72 | 56.8 | Spirituality | 48.4 | 58.5 | 38.6 | Herbals | 38.9 | 26.8 | 29.5 | Chiropractic | 34.7 | 39 | 14.8 | Traditional oriental medicine | 41.1 | 50 | 30.7 | T'ai Chi | 43.2 | 35.4 | 34.1 | Homeopathy | 13.7 | 11 | 13.6 | Biofeedback | 11.6 | 15.9 | 33 | Hypnosis | 17.9 | 19.5 | 15.9 | Ayurveda | 10.5 | 7.3 | 5.7 | Osteopathy | 18.9 | 19.5 | 17 | Therapeutic touch | 10.5 | 11 | 9.1 | Curanderismo | 4.2 | 3.7 | 2.3 |
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