Research Article
Knowledge and Attitudes towards Complementary and Alternative Medicine among Senior Medical Students in King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia
Table 3
Senior medical students’ opinion regarding effectiveness of complementary and alternative medicine modalities.
| | Effectiveness of CAM modalities | Not effective | Not sure of effectiveness | Effective | | (%) | (%) | (%) |
| | Treatment/technique | | | | | Acupuncture | 11 (4.54) | 96 (39.66) | 135 (55.8) | | Massage | 5 (2.06) | 44 (18.18) | 193 (79.76) | | Homeopathy | 19 (7.85) | 181 (74.79) | 42 (17.36) | | Herbal medicine | 15 (6.19) | 87 (35.95) | 140 (57.86) | | Megavitamin therapy | 23 (9.5) | 181 (74.79) | 38 (15.71) | | Spiritual healing | 23 (9.5) | 104 (42.97) | 115 (47.71) | | Magnetic therapy | 23 (9.5) | 188 (77.68) | 31 (12.82) | | Herbs | | | | | Feverfew | 10 (4.13) | 205 (84.71) | 27 (11.16) | | Ginger | 3 (1.23) | 86 (35.53) | 153 (63.24) | | Garlic | 8 (3.3) | 85 (35.12) | 149 (61.58) | | Ginseng | 7 (2.89) | 171 (70.66) | 64 (26.45) |
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