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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jan 11.
Published in final edited form as: Arch Intern Med. 2009 Apr 13;169(7):670–677. doi: 10.1001/archinternmed.2009.49

Table 3.

Awareness of CAM Clinical Trials and Ability to Interpret Research Results Among 1561 Clinician Respondents, Shown by Professional Group

Professional Group, %
CAM Providers Conventional Health Care Professionals
Response Item Overall, % Acupuncturists Naturopaths General Internists Rheumatologists P Value
CAM trial awareness
    2004 Acupuncture trial 37 46 30 22 49 <.001
    2006 Glucosamine trial 49 20 39 59 88 <.001
    Aware of either study 59 48 47 60 88 <.001
    Aware of both studies 23 15 20 17 45 <.001
Ability to interpret results
    Very confident 24 20 25 17 33 graphic file with name nihms165972t4.jpg <.001
    Moderately confident 62 59 64 67 59
    Not very confident 13 19 10 15 7
    Not at all confident 1 3 0 1 1

Abbreviation: CAM, complementary and alternative medicine.