Table 2. Basic professional attitudes, belief in and use of CAM therapies.

	GPs	Internists	Orthopaedists
Basic professional attitudes (1 = strong agreement, 4 = strong disagreement; n = 897)
Scale orthodox views (5 items)	2.05 (1.99; 2.11)	1.80 (1.75; 1.86)	2.06 (2.01; 2.12)
Scale heterodox views (3 items)	2.37 (2.30; 2.44)	2.89 (2.81; 2.95)	2.56 (2.50; 2.62)
Scale time/patient-doctor relationship (4 items)	1.57 (1.52; 1.63)	1.71 (1.65; 1.77)	1.67 (1.61; 1.73)
Single item harnessing placebo effects	1.85 (1.75; 1.94)	1.96 (1.87; 2.05)	1.98 (1.89; 2.07)
Average CAM belief (1 = only placebo, 5 = specifically active; n = 873)
Summary scale 7 therapies	3.49 (3.41; 3.58)	3.08 (2.99; 3.17)	3.51 (3.44; 3.58)
Number of CAM therapies used more often than once per week (n = 874)
- none	46 (15%; 11 to 19%))	148 (52%; 45 to 57%)	11 (4%; 2 to 6%)
- one	51 (17%; 13 to 21%)	80 (28%; 23 to 33%)	31 (11%; 8 to 15%)
- two	82 (27%; 23 to 33%)	28 (10%; 7 to 13%)	93 (33%; 28 to 39%)
- three to four	90 (19%; 24 to 35%))	26 (9%; 6 to 13%)	95 (34%; 29 to 39%)
- five to seven	35 (11%; 8 to 15%)	5 (2%; 0 to 4%)	50 (18%; 14 to 22%)

Values are means (95%-CI) or absolute frequencies (percentages; 95%CI).