Table 4 Predictors of Knowledge of, Experience with, Expectations about, and Willingness to Try Five Complementary and Alternative Medical (CAM) Therapies
Odds ratios* (95% CI) for the independent predictor variables used in the final models for each CAM therapy | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dependent Variable | Acupuncture | Chiropractic | Massage | Meditation | T'ai chi |
High Knowledge of specific therapy (4–5) | Tried acupuncture: 43.6 (16.7–113.6) | Tried chiropractic: 12.8 (6.2–26.7) | Tried massage: 7.6 (4.0 – 14.7) | Tried meditation: 11.6 (4.6–29.3) | LOGISTIC NOT VALID** |
Bostonian: 4.8 (1.9–12.3) | |||||
Previously tried specific therapy | No associations | Bostonian: 0.5 (0.3 – 0.8) | 65+ yrs: 0.4 (0.2 – 0.7) | Female: 2.5 (1.3 – 4.8) | No associations |
Previously tried specific therapy for back pain | No associations | None | 65+ yrs: 0.3 (0.2 – 0.6) | No associations | LOGISTIC NOT VALID** |
High expectations of specific therapy (7 – 10) | 65+ yrs: 0.4(0.2 – 0.8) | Knowledge: 2.9 (1.6 – 5.2) | 65+ yrs: 0.3 (0.2 – 0.5) | No associations | No associations |
Tried acupuncture: 4.3 (2.1 – 9.0) | |||||
Very likely to try specific therapy for free | High expectations: 15.4 (3.6 – 66.1) | High expectations: 27.4 (9.5 – 79.3) | High expectations: 16.4 (7.4 – 36.5) | High expectations: 3.6 (1.7 – 7.7) | High expectations: 14.3 (5.4 – 38.3) |
Tried meditation: 2.4 (1.3 – 4.5) | |||||
Very likely to try specific therapy for $10 /visit co-pay | High expectations: 6.8 (3.0 – 15.5) | High expectations: 8.1 (4.2 – 15.7) | High expectations: 6.4 (3.5 – 11.4) | NOT QUERIED | NOT QUERIED |
Bostonian: 2.3 (1.4 – 4.0) | Bostonian: 1.8 (1.001 – 3.2) | ||||