Table 2

Family physicians’ assessments of the effectiveness of complementary and alternative medical (CAM) practices, rated on a 10-point scale: A high score indicates strong assessment of effectiveness and a low score indicates a weak assessment of effectiveness of the CAM practice.

		SCALE SCORES, %^*
CAM PRACTICE	INDICATION	DON’T KNOW	1–2	3–4	5–6	7–8	9–10	MEAN SCORE	SD	N^†
Acupuncture	Pain management	4	3	9	28	48	13	6.7	1.8	838
Massage therapy	Musculoskeletal	1	3	13	30	44	11	6.4	1.8	861
Chiropractic care	Musculoskeletal	2	8	15	32	39	6	5.9	2.0	852
Relaxation therapy	General	10	6	18	35	33	8	5.8	2.0	777
Biofeedback	General	18	9	19	36	31	5	5.6	2.0	718
Spiritual or religious healing	General	12	17	20	33	25	6	5.1	2.3	760
Acupuncture	General	14	27	21	30	17	4	4.5	2.4	745
Traditional Chinese medicine	General	23	21	28	33	16	3	4.5	2.1	669
Herbal medicine	General	9	26	33	28	11	2	4.0	2.0	783
Massage therapy	General	6	42	23	22	11	2	3.6	2.3	815
Homeopathy or naturopathy	General	16	50	25	17	6	1	3.1	2.1	723
Feldenkrais or Alexander technique	General	79	60	17	12	8	2	2.8	2.3	177
Rolfing	General	73	62	13	17	6	2	2.8	2.2	232
Reflexology	General	22	60	21	14	5	0	2.7	1.8	675
Chiropractic care	General	8	65	22	9	3	1	2.4	1.7	799

↵* May not add to 100 owing to rounding.
↵† Number of physicians responding to the question.