Research Article
Infectious Diseases Physicians’ Attitudes and Practices Related to Complementary and Integrative Medicine: Results of a National Survey
Table 3
Familiarity with and recommendation of CAM and integrative medicine modality.
| | Modality | % familiarity
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| | Mind-body-based modalities | | | | | Hypnosis/GI | 52 | 28 (46/163) | 72 | | Meditation | 69 | 45 (97/214) | 54 | | Yoga | 74 | 52 (121/227) | 48 | | Tai Chi | 61 | 26 (50/189) | 74 | | Overall | 79 | 74 (142/192) | 41 | | Biologically based modalities | | | | | Herbal medicine | 72 | 32 (70/219) | 68 | | Vitamin and mineral | 83 | 80 (202/252) | 20 | | Overall | 84 | 84 (211/251) | 19 | | Manipulative and body-based modalities | | | | | Chiropractic | 77 | 33 (77/233) | 68 | | Massage | 80 | 62 (151/247) | 37 | | Acupuncture | 79 | 46 (110/241) | 54 | | Overall | 85 | 76 (190/250) | 26 | | Energy-based modalities | | | | | Qi Gong | 17 | 6 (4/77) | 90 | | HT, reiki, TT | 39 | 16 (20/126) | 83 | | Overall | 40 | 29 (24/84) | 81 | | Whole medical systems | | | | | Ayurveda | 26 | 12 (12/95) | 86 | | Homeopathy | 55 | 8 (14/173) | 92 | | TCM | 49 | 11 (18/158) | 89 | | Overall | 64 | 31 (30/96) | 85 |
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% based on actual responses. >98% of questions had responses.
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