Table 3.
Frequency of the most visited practitioners and the most used CAM products (of total samples) for Sydney and Bologna.
| Sydney | Bologna | P | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | ||
| Practitioners | |||||
| Herbalist | 59 | 4.6 | 112 | 10.1 | <0.001 |
| Nutritionist | 55 | 4.2 | 79 | 7.1 | <0.01 |
| Naturopath | 93 | 7.2 | 29 | 2.6 | <0.001 |
| Acupuncturist | 62 | 4.8 | 50 | 4.5 | 0.757 |
| Chinese medicine | 32 | 2.5 | 24 | 2.2 | 0.628 |
| Homeopath | 29 | 2.2 | 64 | 5.8 | <0.001 |
| Products | |||||
| Increased soy-based foods | 329 | 25.4 | 89 | 8.1 | <0.001 |
| Soy and phytoestrogens (pills, capsules) | 56 | 4.3 | 98 | 8.9 | <0.001 |
| Herbal treatments (pills, decoctions, single herbs, formulae): | 289 | 22.3 | 155 | 14.0 | <0.001 |
| Cimicifuga racemosa | 154 | 11.9 | 36 | 3.3 | <0.001 |
| Angelica sinensis | 45 | 3.5 | 5 | 0.5 | <0.001 |
| Other herbal treatments (single, formulae) | 154 | 11.9 | 47 | 4.3 | <0.001 |
| Evening primrose oil | 238 | 18.4 | n.g. | ||
| Homeopathy products | n.g. | 37 | 3.4 | ||
n.g.: not gathered.