Prevalence and Characteristics of CAM Use among People Living with HIV and AIDS in Lebanon: Implications for Patient Care

Table 4

Characteristics of nonusers of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) in the study population () .

	Overall (%) ()
Reasons for not using CAM
The doctor didn’t prescribe it	20 (32.3)
I do not believe in it	19 (30.6)
I never heard of it	14 (22.6)
Satisfied with conventional treatment	10 (16.1)
Not to have an additional burden	5 (8.1)
Afraid/shy of asking about CAM	3 (4.8)
Unavailability of CAM	3 (4.8)
I am afraid of the adverse effects	2 (3.2)
If you have not used CAM before, would you consider using CAM?
No	26 (42.6)
Yes	35 (57.4)
Awareness of drug interactions with CAM
No/I do not know	32 (51.6)
Yes	30 (48.4)
Believe CAM cures HIV/AIDS
No/I do not know	35 (67.3)
Yes	17 (32.7)

Column total may be different because of missing data.
The values do not sum up to 100% since multiple answer choices could have been selected.