| Variables |
Interestedn (%) |
Not Interestedn (%) |
P-value |
| Gender |
0.686 |
| Male |
43 (79.6) |
11 (20.4) |
|
| Female |
151 (77.0) |
45 (23.0) |
|
| Ethnicity |
0.451 |
| Malay |
86 (81.1) |
20 (18.9) |
|
| Chinese |
95 (73.6) |
34 (26.4) |
|
| Indian |
7 (87.5) |
1 (12.5) |
|
| Others |
6 (85.7) |
1(14.3) |
|
| Year of study |
<0.001 |
| Year 1 |
32 (47.8) |
35 (52.2) |
|
| Year 2 |
50 (79.4) |
13 (20.6) |
|
| Year 3 |
47 (94.0) |
3 (6.0) |
|
| Year 4 |
65 (92.9) |
5 (7.1) |
|
| Previous medical illness? |
0.559 |
| Yes |
19 (73.1) |
7 (26.9) |
|
| No |
175 (78.1) |
49 (21.9) |
|
| Previously used CAM? |
<0.001 |
| Yes |
73 (91.3) |
7 (8.8) |
|
| No |
121 (71.2) |
49 (28.8) |
|
| CAM is safe? |
0.810 |
| Yes |
162 (77.9) |
46 (22.1) |
|
| No |
32 (76.2) |
10 (23.8) |
|
| CAM is effective? |
0.613 |
| Yes |
155 (78.3) |
43 (21.7) |
|
| No |
39 (75.0) |
13 (25.0) |
|
| Sought information on CAM? |
<0.001 |
| Yes |
86 (92.5) |
7 (7.5) |
|
| No |
108 (68.8) |
49 (31.2) |
|
| Should CAM education be restricted to CAM practitioners? |
0.003 |
| Yes |
53 (66.3) |
27 (33.8) |
|
| No |
141 (82.9) |
29 (17.1) |
|
