Complementary and Alternative Medicine use in women during pregnancy: do their healthcare providers know?

Table 3 Prediction of CAM use - multivariate analysis

Category of CAM use	Year - 2013	OR	95% CI
Any CAM	Maternal age	1.11	1.04 – 1.18
CAM excluding prayer	College education	2.98	1.23 – 7.21
	Maternal age	1.10	1.019 – 1.20
	US born	5.30	1.45 – 19.41
	Employed outside home	0.30	0.13 – 0.71
	Previous pregnancy	0.21	0.08 – 0.51
CAM excluding prayer, special diet, and supplements	College education	3.33	1.60 – 5.52
CAM excluding prayer, special diet, and supplements	US born	3.89	1.06 – 14.32
	Midwife	2.89	1.05 – 7.94
	2006 & 2013 combined data	OR	95% CI
Any CAM	College education	3.31	2.04 – 5.37
	Vaginal delivery	2.02	1.21 - 3.37
CAM excluding prayer	College education	3.05	1.94 – 4.79
CAM excluding prayer	Year 2013	0.61	0.39 – 0.95
	Vaginal delivery	1.56	0.99 - 2.58
CAM excluding prayer, dietary supplements	College education	2.76	1.75 – 4.37
	Vaginal delivery	1.53	0.98 - 2.38

Although models were statistically significant, the ability to accurately predict CAM use or non-use was clinically poor (61 -73%). Maternal factors evaluated were as follows: maternal age, race/ethnicity, US-born, previous pregnancy, use of a midwife, public insurance, employed outside of the home, marital status, any college education and mode of delivery.

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