Table 1.

Proportion of responses for survey items and their significance.

Items	Short description	Agree	%	Disagree	%	Z	p-value
Q1	Cost of therapy	156	53.97	133	46.03	1.353	p>0.05
Q2	Inefficacy of other systems	200	69.20	89	30.80	6.529	p < 0.001
Q3	Belief	229	79.23	60	20.77	9.941	p < 0.001
Q4	Indirect evidences of efficacy	217	75.08	72	24.92	8.529	p < 0.001
Q5	Direct evidences of efficacy	175	60.34	114	39.66	3.588	p < 0.001
Q6	Referral from allopathy	47	16.26	242	83.74	−11.471	p < 0.001
Q7	Curiosity	154	53.28	135	46.72	1.118	p>0.05
Q8	Self-search	119	41.17	170	58.83	−3.000	p < 0.01
Q9	Safety	240	83.04	49	16.96	11.235	p < 0.001
Q10	Side effects of allopathy	170	58.82	119	41.18	3.000	p < 0.01
Q11	Avoidance of surgery	91	31.48	198	68.52	−6.294	p < 0.001
Q12	Prognosticated by others	63	21.79	226	78.21	−9.588	p < 0.001
Q13	Previous experience	187	64.70	102	35.30	5.000	p < 0.001
Q14	Disease eradicating potential	231	79.93	58	20.07	10.176	p < 0.001
Q15	Lifelong therapy in other systems	154	53.28	135	46.72	1.118	p>0.05
Q16	No investigations	139	48.09	150	51.91	−0.647	p>0.05
Q17	Less crowded hospital	114	39.44	175	60.56	−3.588	p < 0.001
Q18	Proximity of hospital	102	35.29	187	64.71	−5.000	p < 0.001
Q19	General belief of efficacy in my condition	185	64.01	104	35.99	4.765	p < 0.001
Q20	Need of Integrative therapy	121	41.86	168	58.32	−2.765	p < 0.01
Q21	Wish to discontinue allopathy	167	57.78	122	42.22	2.647	p < 0.01