Table 4 CAM modalities used amongst 168 CAM users
From: Complementary and alternative medicine use amongst Malaysian orthopaedic oncology patients
Modalities | All patients (N = 168) (%) | Malignant (N = 123) (%) | Benign (N = 45) (%) | P1 | Adults (N = 143) (%) | Paediatric (N = 25) (%) | P2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Biological | 152 (90.5) | 115 (93.5) | 37 (82.2) | 0.04 | 130 (90.9) | 22 (88.0) | 0.710 |
Mind-body | 68 (40.5) | 47 (38.2) | 21 (46.7) | 0.32 | 61 (42.7) | 7 (28.0) | 0.168 |
Physical | 36 (21.4) | 19 (15.4) | 17 (37.8) | 0.002 | 33 (23.1) | 3 (12.0) | 0.213 |
Alternative | 24 (14.3) | 18 (14.6) | 6 (13.3) | 0.83 | 24 (16.8) | 0 (0) | 0.027 |
Energy | 15 (8.9) | 12 (9.8) | 3 (6.7) | 0.76 | 13 (9.1) | 2 (8.0) | 1 |