Gender Differences in Attitudes regarding Complementary and Alternative Medicine among Health Care Profession Students in Japan

Abstract

[ABSTRACT] Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate and compare levels of knowledge of and attitudes toward complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in different groups of health care profession students. Methods: The subjects of this study were 1465 students of nursing, medicine, radiologic science , laboratory science, nutrition, dentistry, oral health and welfare, and pharmaceutical science. We used a questionnaire to obtain information on knowledge, sources of information, interest, personal use, willingness to take lectures, opinions regarding effectiveness and willingness to recommend for 17 different CAM modalities.