Table 6 |
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Patients' perspectives on the effectiveness of integrative Chinese and Western medicine (N = 786) |
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Variables |
Western medicine n(%) |
Chinese medicine n(%) |
Integrative Chinese and Western medicine n(%) |
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Total |
347(44.15%) |
13((1.65%) |
426(54.2%) |
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Progression suppress |
235(67.7%) |
9(69.2%) |
259(60.8%) |
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Relieve the symptoms |
83(23.9%) |
10(76.9%) |
245(57.5%) |
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Reduce dosage of western medicine |
64(15%) |
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Sufficient psychological support |
103(29.7%) |
3(23.1%) |
159(37.3%) |
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Sufficient evidence |
185(53.4%) |
2(15.4%) |
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Promote the quality of life |
103(29.7%) |
8(61.5%) |
206(48.4%) |
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Western medicine fails to suppress the progression |
7(53%) |
109(25.6%) |
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Chinese medicine fails to suppress the progression |
77(18.1%) |
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Lam et al. Chinese Medicine 2009 4:25 doi:10.1186/1749-8546-4-25 |
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