Research Article
Prevalence, Purposes, and Perceived Effectiveness of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use in a Hypertension Population: A Questionnaire Survey
Table 5
Perceived effectiveness of CAM△.
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| | Alternative medical systems | 16 (8.12) | 45 (22.84) | 100 (50.8) | 36 (18.27) | | Mind-body medicine | 11 (6.59) | 34 (20.4) | 85 (50.9) | 37 (22.16) | | Manipulative/body based | 1 (4.76) | 2 (9.52) | 15 (71.4) | 3 (14.3) | | Natural products | 13 (16.25) | 21 (26.25) | 36 (45.00) | 10 (12.5) | | Vitamin/dietary supplements | 40 (19.6) | 62 (30.39) | 79 (38.73) | 23 (11.27) |
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Multiple responses given.
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