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%)