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Need For Complementary And Alternative Medicine (Cam) Education Among Pharmacists

Table 1:

Variables n (%) Integrated CAM (Yes)n (%) Integrated CAM (No)n (%) p-value
Gender 0.807
Male 103 (25.8) 83 (26.0) 20 (24.7)
Female 297(74.3) 236 (74.0) 61(75.3)
Ethnicity 0.344
Malay 135 (33.8) 102 (32.0) 33 (40.7)
Chinese 240 (60.0) 195 (61.1) 45 (55.6)
Indian 14 (3.5) 13 (4.1) 1 (1.2)
Others 11 (2.8) 9 (2.8) 2 (2.5)
Postgraduate Education 0.693
Yes 34 (8.5) 28 (8.8) 6 (7.4)
No 366 (91.5) 291 (91.2) 75 (92.6)
Current Field of Practice 0.311
Hospital 261 (65.3) 207 (64.9) 54 (66.7)
Community 70 (17.5) 53 (16.6) 17 (21.0)
Industry 11 (2.8) 9 (2.8) 2 (2.5)
Enforcement 26 (6.5) 20 (6.3) 6 (7.4)
Others 32 (8.0) 30 (9.4) 2 (2.5)
Monthly Income 0.389
Less than RM3,000 58 (14.5) 46 (14.4) 12 (14.8)
RM3,000-RM4,999 177 (44.2) 141 (44.2) 36 (44.4)
RM5,000-RM9,999 157 (39.3) 126 (39.5) 31 (38.3)
RM10,000-RM20,000 7 (1.8) 6 (1.9) 1 (1.2)
More than RM20,000 1 (0.2) 0 (0.0) 1 (1.2)
Medical History, Illness or Disease 0.847
Yes 57 (14.3) 46 (14.4) 11 (13.6)
No 343 (86.7) 273 (85.6) 70 (86.4)
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