Table 2.

Personal Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use^a.

	Respondents (N = 128), n (%)
Have you personally used any Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) for your own health in the past 5 years?
No	70 (54.7)
Yes, please specify	58 (45.3)
If female, did you ever use CAM during a pregnancy?
Male/never been pregnant	82 (64.1)
No	30 (23.4)
Yes, please specify	12 (9.4)
Have you received any training beyond medical school or residency on the use of CAM (ie, yoga, acupuncture, acupressure, hypnotherapy, etc)?
No	113 (88.3)
Yes, please specify	15 (11.7)
Do you routinely query your pregnant patients about their use of CAM during the pregnancy?
No	84 (65.6)
Yes	43 (33.6)
Have you ever prescribed, referred, or advised the use of any CAM to your pregnant patients?
No
Please indicate the reason for not using CAM (check all that apply):	49 (38.3)
Not enough evidence on the efficacy of CAM during pregnancy	24 (18.8)
Not enough evidence on the safety of CAM during pregnancy	13 (10.2)
No training in the use of CAM during pregnancy	25 (19.5)
Bad patient experience with previous CAM use during pregnancy	2 (1.6)
Conventional medicine is sufficient for the management of pregnancy	5 (3.9)
Other	3 (2.3)
Yes
What sources of information do you use to find out about CAM use in pregnancy? (check all that apply):	79 (61.7)
ACOG resources	35 (27.3)
Peer reviewed journal articles	33 (25.8)
Professional colleagues	45 (35.2)
Personal experience	32 (25.0)
Family and friends	9 (7.0)
CAM providers	21 (16.4)
Magazines/television	3 (2.3)
Internet (nonmedical sites)	8 (6.3)
Others	4 (3.1)

Abbreviation: ACOG, American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.

^aTotal N may vary due to the possibility of multiple answers and all respondents did not answer all questions.