Table 4.

Disclosure of HDS use to doctors and the reasons for not disclosing (n=189)

	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.