TABLE 2.

—Self-Reported Knowledge of 10 Complementary and Alternative Therapies Among Western Medicine–Trained Doctors (n = 502) and Oriental Medicine–Trained Doctors (n = 500)

	Knew the Principles of Therapy, %		Had Heard of Therapy, %		Had Never Heard of Therapy, %		Mean Percentage ± SDa
Therapy	WMDs	OMDs	WMDs	OMDs	WMDs	OMDs	WMDs	OMDs
Alexander therapy	1.6	3.2	8.2	14.8	90.2	82.0	0.11 ± 0.36	0.21 ± 0.48*
Aromatherapy	15.7	51.0	55.4	43.4	28.9	5.6	0.87 ± 0.66	1.45 ± 0.60*
Ayurveda	2.6	7.8	12.0	33.5	85.4	58.7	0.17 ± 0.44	0.49 ± 0.64*
Chelation therapy	2.4	2.6	11.8	15.0	85.8	82.4	0.17 ± 0.43	0.20 ± 0.46
Chiropractic	28.5	78.6	45.0	15.4	26.5	6.0	1.02 ± 0.74	1.73 ± 0.57*
Gerson’s diet therapy	3.8	5.4	17.8	29.7	78.4	64.9	0.25 ± 0.52	0.40 ± 0.59*
High colonic/enema	31.1	43.5	51.6	51.1	17.3	5.4	1.14 ± 0.68	1.38 ± 0.59*
Homeopathy	5.4	32.0	27.3	46.2	67.3	21.8	0.38 ± 0.59	1.10 ± 0.73*
Iridology	8.8	49.8	32.3	41.8	58.9	8.4	0.50 ± 0.65	1.41 ± 0.64*
Taping therapy	14.6	60.6	45.4	28.6	40.0	10.8	0.75 ± 0.69	1.50 ± 0.68*
Overall knowledge scoreb	. . .	. . .	. . .	. . .	. . .	. . .	5.35 ± 3.58	9.88 ± 3.66*

Note. WMDs = Western medicine–trained doctors; OMDs = Oriental medicine–trained doctors.

^aResponse categories: “knew the principles of therapy” = 2; “had heard of therapy” = 1; “had never heard of therapy” = 0.

^bThe overall knowledge score was computed by summing the scores for the 10 CAM therapy items.

*P < .001, 2-tailed t test.