Table 3:

Respondents' attitude towards CAM and their use in preventing and managing COVID-19

Attitude	Strongly Disagree (%)	Disagree (%)	Neutral (%)	Agree (%)	Strongly Agree (%)
A patient's treatment should take into consideration all aspects of his or her physical, mental and spiritual health	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	7 (4.7)	19 (12.7)	124 (82.7)
The focus of a primary care physician should be on promoting health rather than treating disease.	6 (4.0)	10 (6.7)	19 (12.7)	36 (24.0)	79 (52.7)
Patients whose doctors know about complementary and alternative medicine, in addition to conventional medicine, benefit more than those whose doctors are only familiar with conventional medicine.	9 (6.0)	14 (9.3)	48 (32.0)	42 (28.0)	37 (24.7)
The spiritual beliefs of patients play an important role in their recovery.	0 (0.0)	2 (1.3)	19 (12.7)	44 (29.3)	85 (56.7)
A system of medicine that integrates therapies of both conventional medicine and complementary and alternative medicine would be more effective than either conventional medicine or complementary and alternative medicine provided independently.	5 (3.3)	12 (8.0)	35 (23.3)	45 (30.0)	53 (35.3)
Conventional medical practitioners should be very critical of CAMs in the management of COVID-19.	10 (6.7)	23 (15.3)	53 (35.3)	35 (23.3)	29 (19.3)
I know all that is to be known on CAM use as regards COVID-19 pandemic	52 (34.7)	59 (39.3)	32 (21.3)	6 (4.0)	1 (0.7)
I am willing to learn more about CAMs and their use in preventing and treating COVID-19.	0 (0.0)	5 (3.3)	23 (15.3)	56 (37.3)	66 (44.0)