Table 5 Experience with complementary medicine product use
Used any complementary medicine products | Type of complementary medicine product | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Used dietary supplements | Used herbal medicine | |||
Cases n (%)* | Cases n (%)* | Cases n (%)* | ||
Did you benefit? | ||||
Yes | 307 (91.9) | 288 (93.5) | 96 (72.2) | |
No | 17 (5.1) | 9 (2.9) | 9 (6.8) | |
I don’t know | 80 (24.0) | 51 (16.6) | 35 (26.3) | |
Did you notice any side effects? | ||||
Yes | 48 (14.4) | 45 (14.6) | 9 (6.8) | |
No | 315 (94.3) | 292 (94.8) | 124 (93.2) | |
Total | 334 (100.0) | 308 (100.0) | 133 (100.0) | |