Table 3.
Information sources used by participants to find information on CMPs used in pregnancy and breastfeeding [33]a
| Information source category | Specific information sources within the overall category | Number of participants who reported use of the specific information sourceb |
|---|---|---|
| (1) Information from health care practitioners (HCPs) | Trusted (primary) HCP | 24 |
| Other HCPs: general advice | 20 | |
| CAM / Hospital Medication helplines | 7 | |
| Other HCPs: second opinion sought on specific CMPs | 6 | |
| (2) Own and other pregnant or breastfeeding women’s experiences | Internet (google, blogs, social media) | 22 |
| Own previous experience CMPs/CAM | 21 | |
| Other women’s experiences | 19 | |
| Intuition (used in final stages of the decision-making) | 13 | |
| (3) Published research | Evidence-based quantitative research | 13 |
| Hospital/University Databases | 7 | |
| Traditional Use | 2 | |
| Qualitative studies | 1 |
aInformation sources reported by this group of participants has been previously published [33]; this current paper reports on another set of findings from the in-depth interviews and focus group discussions
bNumbers are not mutually exclusive - participants reported use of multiple information sources