Table 4.

CAM disclosure to the health care providers.

Variables	n (%)
Did your doctors asked you about your CAM use? (n = 184)
Yes	62 (33.7)
No	117 (63.6)
Not sure	5 (2.7)
Did you disclose your CAM use to your doctors? (n = 184)
Yes	79 (43)
No	105 (57.1)
How did you doctor respond upon your CAM disclosure? (n = 79)
Agreed of CAM use	28 (35.4)
Disagreed of CAM use	15 (18.9)
Neutral about CAM use	36 (45.5)
Most important reasons of CAM non-disclosure (n = 105)
Not important for doctors to know about CAM use	67 (63.8)
They never ask, I never tell	15 (14.2)
Doctors have little knowledge about CAM	9 (8.5)
Fear of CAM use disapproval by the doctors	8 (7.6)
Fear of termination of conventional therapies	6 (5.7)