Table 2. General feeling about conventional medicine and CAM.
| General feeling about Conventional medicine and CAM n=468 | |
|---|---|
| AWARENESS ABOUT DISEASE | n (%) |
| Absent/poor | 47 (10) |
| Good/excellent | 421 (90) |
| AWARENESS ABOUT TREATMENTS RECEIVED | |
| Absent/poor | 28 (6) |
| Good/excellent | 440 (94) |
| TRUST IN CONVENTIONAL MEDICINE | |
| Yes | 441 (94.2) |
| No | 27 (5.8) |
| TRUST IN ONCOLOGICAL TREATMENTS | |
| Yes | 445 (95) |
| No | 23 (5) |
| EXPECTATIONS FROM THE ONCOLOGICAL TREATMENT | |
| To be treated | 236 (50.4) |
| To be cured | 179 (38.2) |
| To achieve disease stabilization | 53 (11.4) |
| FINANCIAL SPECULATION AROUND ONCOLOGICAL TREATMENTS | |
| Yes | 150 (32) |
| No | 318 (68) |
| AWARENESS ABOUT CAM | |
| Yes | 354 (75.6) |
| No | 114 (24.4) |
| DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ALTERNATIVE AND COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE | |
| Yes | 129 (27.6) |
| No | 339 (72.4) |
| SOURCE OF KNOLEDGE ABOUT CAM (n= 354) | |
| Media | 169 (47.7) |
| Friends | 68 (19.2) |
| Other | 54 (15.3) |
| Patients | 42 (11.9) |
| Doctors | 21 (5.9) |
| WHAT CAM ARE (n= 354) | |
| Used to reduce the AC toxicities | 108 (30.5) |
| Supplements | 50 (14.1) |
| Anticancer treatments | 29 (8.2) |
| Used to increase the chances of be cured | 28 (7.9) |
| Overall | 139 (39.3) |