Disclosure of Traditional and Complementary Medicine Use and Its Associated Factors to Medical Doctor in Primary Care Clinics in Kuching Division, Sarawak, Malaysia

Table 3

TCM use and disclosure of TCM use of the respondents ().

	(%)
Number of TCM modalities used (ever used) 1–3 types	881 (97.3)
TCM modalities used within 12 months
Biological based medicine (nutritional therapy, naturopathy)	395 (43.6)
Traditional Malay medicine (Malay herbs, Urut Melayu, and Bekam)	167 (18.4)
Traditional Chinese medicine (Chinese herbs, acupuncture, Tai Chi, and Qi Gong)	54 (6.0)
Manipulative based practice (chiropractor, osteopathy, massage, spa therapy, reflexology, and aromatherapy)	41 (4.5)
Traditional Indian medicine (Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani, and Yoga/meditation)	2 (0.2)
Disclosure of TCM use	87 (9.6)

Multiple responses.