Table 4. Discussion of CAM practices with physicians and Socio-demographic data.

Socio-demographic data		Usually		Sometimes		Never		p value
		No. (42)	% (8.3)	No. (214)	% (42.4)	No. (249)	% (49.3)
Age	18-	13	8.4	59	38.3	82	53.2	0.67
	30-	11	8.1	62	45.6	63	46.3
	40-	9	8.2	50	45.5	51	46.4
	50-	7	8.3	36	42.9	41	48.8
	60+	2	9.5	7	33.3	12	57.1
Sex	Male	20	7.8	97	37.9	139	54.3	0.023*
	Female	22	8.8	117	47	110	44.2
Nationality	Saudi	33	9.2	146	40.9	178	49.9	0.69
	Non-Saudi	9	6.1	68	45.9	71	48.0
Residence	Riyadh city	34	7.8	187	43	214	49.2	0.33
	Outside Riyadh city	8	11.4	27	33.6	35	50.0
Education	Post graduate	4	23.5	9	52.9	4	23.5	0.09
	University	15	7.5	91	45.3	95	47.3
	Secondary	11	5.5	93	46.3	97	48.3
	Preparatory	6	15.0	9	22.5	25	62.5
	Primary	4	30.8	2	15.4	7	53.8
	Read and write	1	11.1	3	33.3	5	55.6
	Illiterate	1	4.2	7	29.2	16	66.7
Occupation	Governmental officer	11	9.2	50	41.7	59	49.2	0.25
	Nongovernmental officer	14	9.1	67	43.5	73	47.4
	Businesses	5	13.9	7	19.4	24	66.7
	House-wife	10	6.3	76	47.8	73	45.9
	Student	1	4.5	10	45.5	11	50
	Jobless	1	7.1	4	28.6	9	64.3

* Significant (the level of significance is 0.05).

N.B. 13 participants did not sure about discussion of CAM practices with their physicians.