Table 2.
Participants’ attitude towards the traditional Chinese medicine
| Item | All participants (n = 1121) |
Intention to accept TCM | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TCM hesitancy (n = 97) |
TCM acceptance (n = 1024) |
P-value | ||
| Do you think it takes a long time for TCM to exert efficacy? | < 0.001 | |||
| No | 213 (19.00%) | 47 (48.45%) | 166 (16.21%) | |
| Yes | 908 (81.00%) | 50 (51.55%) | 858 (83.79%) | |
| Do you think the TCM treatment is safe? | < 0.001 | |||
| No | 108 (9.63%) | 47 (48.45%) | 61 (5.96%) | |
| Yes | 1013 (90.37%) | 50 (51.55%) | 963 (94.04%) | |
| Do you think the TCM treatment is effective? | < 0.001 | |||
| No | 102 (9.10%) | 45 (46.39%) | 57 (5.57%) | |
| Yes | 1019 (90.90%) | 52 (53.61%) | 967 (94.43%) | |
| Will you inform your attending physician if you accept TCM for treatment? | < 0.001 | |||
| No | 128 (11.42%) | 44 (45.36%) | 84 (8.20%) | |
| Yes | 993 (88.58%) | 53 (54.64%) | 940 (91.80%) | |
| Do you think TCM might delay your treatment? | < 0.001 | |||
| No | 991 (88.40%) | 67 (69.07%) | 924 (90.23%) | |
| Yes | 130 (11.60%) | 30 (30.93%) | 100 (9.77%) | |
Data are presented as number (percentage). P-values were calculated through univariate analysis between the “TCM hesitancy” and “TCM acceptance” groups. TCM: traditional Chinese medicine