Table 4 Disclosure of CAM use to physicians by CKD patients
Variables | N (%) |
|---|---|
Did your doctor/nephrologist ask about your CAM use? (N = 60) | |
Yes | 19 (31.7%) |
No | 39 (65%) |
Not sure | 2 (3.3%) |
Did you disclose your CAM use to your doctors/ nephrologist? | |
Yes | 27 (45%) |
No | 32 (53.3%) |
Not sure | 1 (1.6%) |
How did your doctor respond upon your CAM disclosure? (N = 27) | |
Agree of CAM use | 13 (48.1%) |
Disagree of CAM use | 12 (44.4%) |
Neutral about CAM use | 2 (3.3%) |
Why did you not mention it to your doctor? (N = 32) | |
I thought it is not important for my doctor to know | 16 (50%) |
I thought my doctor has little or no knowledge about CAM | 3 (9.4%) |
I thought the doctor would disagree | 1 (3.1%) |
I thought my doctor will stop my treatment | 0 |
Doctors never ask about CAM so I did not tell | 12 (37.5%) |