Table 2.

Satisfaction on AM use among medical doctors in Dhaka, Bangladesh

	Total			Sex					Age
				Male		Female		Test	25–35		36 or elder		Testa
		n	%	n	%	n	%		n	%	n	%
Have an experience to treat patients with AM	Yes	98	62.0%	49	57.0%	49	68.1%	0.188	56	57.7%	42	68.9%	0.181
	No	60	38.0%	37	43.0%	23	31.9%		41	42.3%	19	31.1%
	Total	158	100.0%	86	100.0%	72	100.0%		97	100.0%	61	100.0%
Refer patient to AM practitioner	Yes	9	5.7%	4	4.7%	5	6.8%	0.733	8	8.2%	1	1.6%	0.155
	No	150	94.3%	82	95.3%	68	93.2%		90	91.8%	60	98.4%
	Total	159	100.0%	86	100.0%	73	100.0%		98	100.0%	61	100.0%
Receive patient from AM practitioner	Yes	110	68.4%	69	80.2%	41	56.2%	0.001	67	68.4%	43	70.5%	0.860
	No	49	30.8%	17	19.8%	32	43.8%		31	31.6%	18	29.5%
	Total	159	100.0%	86	100.0%	73	100.0%		98	100.0%	61	100.0%
AM should be part of conventional medical curriculum	Yes	62	39.7%	27	31.8%	35	49.3%	0.033	41	41.8%	21	36.2%	0.504
	No	94	60.3%	58	68.2%	36	50.7%		57	58.2%	37	63.8%
	Total	156	100.0%	85	100.0%	71	100.0%		98	100.0%	58	100.0%
AM is requested to use as its own specialty	Yes	88	55.3%	40	46.5%	48	65.8%	0.017	57	58.2%	31	50.8%	0.414
	No	71	44.7%	46	53.5%	25	34.2%		41	41.8%	30	49.2%
	Total	159	100.0%	86	100.0%	73	100.0%		98	100.0%	61	100.0%
AM does not seem scientific	Yes	52	32.7%	35	40.7%	17	23.3%	0.027	36	36.7%	16	26.2%	0.224
	No	107	67.3%	51	59.3%	56	76.7%		62	63.3%	45	73.8%
	Total	159	100.0%	86	100.0%	73	100.0%		98	100.0%	61	100.0%
Some particular age groups should be treated by AM	Yes	108	67.9%	50	58.1%	58	79.5%	0.006	63	64.3%	45	73.8%	0.227
	No	51	32.1%	36	41.9%	15	20.5%		35	35.7%	16	26.2%
	Total	159	100.0%	86	100.0%	73	100.0%		98	100.0%	61	100.0%
I will recommend the usage of AM	Yes	103	64.8%	48	55.8%	55	75.3%	0.012	56	57.1%	47	77.0%	0.016
	No	56	35.2%	38	44.2%	18	24.7%		42	42.9%	14	23.0%
	Total	159	100.0%	86	100.0%	73	100.0%		98	100.0%	61	100.0%
Government should take more initiatives to promote AM	Yes	111	69.8%	54	62.8%	57	78.1%	0.039	62	63.3%	49	80.3%	0.032
	No	48	30.2%	32	37.2%	16	21.9%		36	36.7%	12	19.7%
	Total	159	100.0%	86	100.0%	73	100.0%		98	100.0%	61	100.0%

a: χ²-test