Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine / 2012 / Article / Tab 4 / Review Article
Usage and Attitudes of Physicians in Japan Concerning Traditional Japanese Medicine (Kampo Medicine): A Descriptive Evaluation of a Representative Questionnaire-Based Survey Table 4 Reasons not to prescribe Kampo drugs (plural answers).
Total
) Internal medicine
) Pediatrics
) Psychiatry
) OB/GYN
) Surgery
) Orthopdic
) Others
) Difficult to use 50 (44.2%) 10 (38.5%) 7 (46.7%) 3 (37.5%) 1 (25.0%) 5 (45.5%) 4 (26.7%) 20 (58.8%) Short of clinical evidences 45 (39.8%) 10 (38.5%) 7 (46.7%) 2 (25.0%) 0 (0%) 5 (45.5%) 7 (46.7%) 14 (41.2%) Not enough effectiveness 37 (32.7%) 13 (53.8%) 3 (20.0%) 2 (25.0%) 0 (0%) 3 (27.3%) 6 (40.0%) 9 (26.5%) Patient’s unpreferance 24 (21.2%) 3 (11.5%) 8 (53.3%) 2 (25.0%) 1 (25.0%) 4 (36.4%) 0 (0%) 2 (5.9%) Only Western medicine is satisfactory 24 (21.2%) 10 (38.5%) 1 (6.7%) 2 (25.0%) 2 (50.0%) 4 (36.4%) 3 (20.0%) 2 (5.9%) Others 13 (11.5%) 3 (11.5%) 3 (20.0%) 1 (12.5%) 0 (0%) 1 (9.1%) 1 (6.7%) 4 (11.8%)
