Table 4.
Frequency | Percentage | |
---|---|---|
Informed their doctor about their HDS use |
|
|
Yes |
53 |
28.0 |
No |
136 |
72.0 |
Reasons for not reporting HDS use (n=144)* |
|
|
Health care providers don’t ask |
66 |
45.8 |
Patients worried that their doctor will disapprove of HDS use |
22 |
15.3 |
Short-term or occasional use |
19 |
13.2 |
No need to inform their practitioner |
18 |
12.5 |
Didn’t see their doctor during the period of HDS use |
8 |
5.5 |
Just start using HDS and no opportunity |
4 |
2.8 |
Stopping or planning to stop using HDS |
3 |
2.1 |
Don’t want to tell them |
2 |
1.4 |
HDS are safe |
1 |
0.7 |
Doesn’t influence their disease (s) | 1 | 0.7 |
* Respondents reported more than one reason, so these total more than 136.