Table 5.
Senior medical students' attitude towards CAM.
| Students' characteristics | Complementary and alternative medicine attitude score percentage | p value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median | IQR | Mean rank | ||
| Age (years) | ||||
| ≤22 (n = 106) | 66.0 | 58.0–74.0 | 110.3 | 0.027∗ |
| >22 (n = 136) | 70.0 | 62.5–74.0 | 130.2 | |
| Gender | ||||
| Males (n = 125) | 68.0 | 60.0–74.0 | 117.0 | 0.294∗ |
| Females (n = 117) | 68.0 | 62.0–74.0 | 126.1 | |
| Academic year | ||||
| 4th (n = 96) | 66.0 | 58.0–72.0 | 101.7 | <0.001∗∗ |
| 5th (n = 60) | 68.0 | 60.5–74.0 | 123.4 | |
| 6th (n = 86) | 70.0 | 64.0–74.5 | 142.3 | |
∗Mann-Whitney test. ∗∗Kruskal-Wallis test.