Utilization of Complementary and Alternative Medicine among Korean Elite Athletes: Current Status and Future Implications

Table 5

Future recommendation of Korean medicine to others.

Questions	Answer choice	Elite athletes (%)	General population (%)	value
Q. Are you willing to recommend KM to others?	Yes	70.8	61.7	0.226
	No	29.2	38.3
Q. What is the primary reason to recommend to others?	Treatments are effective	69.2	55.4	0.002
	No burden on surgery or examination	13.6	11.3
	Less side effects	6.5	27.9
	Cost is low	4.2	2.1
	Close distance	6.5	3.2