Table 3.
Support for Complementary and Alternative Medicine by Physicians' Level of Intrinsic Religiosity
| |
Spinal manipulation |
Acupuncture |
Energy medicine |
Meditation |
Glucosamine-chondroitin |
Body work |
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| Carry religious beliefs into other dealings in life | % | pa | % | p | % | p | % | p | % | p | % | p |
| Have used personally | ||||||||||||
| Strongly agree | 16 | 0.02 | 10 | 0.11 | 6 | 0.18 | 32 | 0.31 | 29 | 0.01 | 49 | <0.01 |
| Agree | 17 | 13 | 3 | 28 | 26 | 37 | ||||||
| Disagree | 13 | 7 | 2 | 30 | 21 | 37 | ||||||
| Strongly disagreed | 8 | 7 | 2 | 25 | 17 | 27 | ||||||
| Have ever recommended to patients | ||||||||||||
| Strongly agree | 64 | 0.07 | 66 | 0.70 | 10 | 0.04 | 69 | 0.27 | 84 | 0.25 | 73 | 0.86 |
| Agree | 60 | 66 | 8 | 65 | 86 | 71 | ||||||
| Disagree | 60 | 72 | 6 | 63 | 84 | 70 | ||||||
| Strongly disagree | 52 | 66 | 3 | 60 | 78 | 71 | ||||||
| Would be likely to integrate | ||||||||||||
| Strongly agree | 16 | 0.10 | 16 | 0.30 | 15 | 0.03 | 23 | 0.89 | 40 | 0.02 | 34 | 0.13 |
| Agree | 9 | 10 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 16 | ||||||
| Disagree | 9 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 21 | 20 | ||||||
| Strongly disagree | 7 | 10 | 4 | 21 | 23 | 19 | ||||||
a
p-values are based on the Mantel-Haenszel χ2 test between an ordinal and a dichotomous variable.