Table 3.
Use of herbal medicine and dietary supplements (TCAM products)
| Variable | Motivation | Helpfulness | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Used (N, %) | Acute illness (%) | Long term illness (%) | To improve well-being (%) | Very/somewhat (%) | |
| Herbs/herbal medicine | |||||
| All | 1845 (41.0) | 14.3 | 50.8 | 39.4 | 47.9/41.7 |
| Cambodia | 708 (44.5) | 23.9 | 55.6 | 20.5 | 35.6/54.6 |
| Thailand | 473 (34.6) | 6.1 | 50.4 | 43.4 | 57.3/33.0 |
| Vietnam | 664 (42.9) | 9.9 | 45.8 | 44.3 | 54.3/34.2 |
| Vitamins/minerals | |||||
| All | 1180 (26.5) | 7.1 | 23.0 | 70.0 | 58.8/32.5 |
| Cambodia | 358 (22.6) | 10.9 | 10.9 | 78.1 | 64.1/31.4 |
| Thailand | 242 (18.5) | 7.9 | 21.2 | 70.9 | 64.5/31.0 |
| Vietnam | 580 (37.3) | 4.3 | 31.3 | 64.3 | 53.0/33.9 |
| Homeopathic remedies | |||||
| All | 86 (2.0) | 8.4 | 73.5 | 18.0 | 78.3/10.8 |
| Cambodia | 54 (3.4) | 1.9 | 94.3 | 3.8 | 88.7/9.4 |
| Thailand | 11 (0.9) | 9.1 | 45.5 | 45.5 | 81.8/9.1 |
| Vietnam | 21 (1.4) | 26.3 | 31.6 | 42.1 | 47.4/15.8 |
| Ginseng | |||||
| All | 156 (3.6) | 2.0 | 12.5 | 85.6 | 50.7/32.9 |
| Cambodia | 1 (0.1) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100 | 0.0/100 |
| Thailand | 65 (5.2) | 1.6 | 18.8 | 79.7 | 59.4/28.1 |
| Vietnam | 90 (6.0) | 2.3 | 8.0 | 89.6 | 44.8/35.6 |
| Other supplements | |||||
| All | 396 (9.7) | 4.8 | 25.3 | 75.3 | 50.5/35.0 |
| Cambodia | 12 (0.8) | 8.3 | 8.3 | 83.3 | 16.7/50.0 |
| Thailand | 150 (14.5) | 2.0 | 24.8 | 73.2 | 52.0/44.7 |
| Vietnam | 234 (15.5) | 6.5 | 26.4 | 67.0 | 51.3/28.8 |