Table 2.
Top 10 Most Frequently Used Complementary and Alternative Medicines over Time
| Rank | CAM used before adjuvant therapy (N=77) | Patients, n (%) | CAM used at 2 months (N=71) | Patients, n (%) | CAM used at 6 months (N=65) | Patients, n (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Prayer | 69 (89.6) | Prayer | 63 (88.7) | Prayer | 58 (89.2) |
| 2 | Multivitamin | 47 (61.0) | Multivitamin | 43 (60.6) | Multivitamin | 39 (60.0) |
| 3 | Massage | 38 (49.4) | Massage | 29 (40.8) | Massage | 35 (53.8) |
| 4 | Vitamin E | 35 (45.5) | Vitamin E | 26 (36.6) | Vitamin E | 26 (40.0) |
| 5 | Vitamin C | 31 (40.3) | Vitamin C | 25 (35.2) | Vitamin C | 24 (36.9) |
| 6 | Music | 29 (37.7) | Meditation | 21 (29.6) | Music | 23 (35.4) |
| 7 | Meditation | 27 (35.1) | Music | 20 (28.2) | Meditation | 22 (33.8) |
| 8 | Green tea | 26 (33.8) | Green tea | 19 (26.8) | Yoga | 19 (29.2) |
| 9 | Chiropractic | 20 (26.0) | Vitamin A | 15 (21.1) | Green tea | 18 (27.7) |
| 10 | Vitamin A | 17 (22.1) | Chiropractic | 14 (19.7) | Vitamin A | 14 (21.5) |
CAM, complementary and alternative medicine; N, represents the total sample size; n, represents the subsample size.