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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of CAM users and non users

From: Use of complementary and alternative medicine by cancer patients at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu, Nigeria

Parameter

CAM users (%)

Non CAM users (%)

significance

Sex

Male

50 (48.1)

18 (32.1)

P = 0.052

 

Female

54 (51.9)

38 (67.9)

 

Mean age

 

51.9 yrs

53.0 yrs

P > 0.05

Marital status

Married

81 (77.9)

40 (71.4)

P = 0.050

 

Not married

11 (10.6)

2 (3.6)

 
 

Widowed

12 (11.5)

11 (19.6)

 
 

Divorce/separated

-

2 (3.6)

 
 

No response

-

1 (1.8)

 

Level of education

    
 

Non

14 (13.5)

5 (8.9)

P > 0.05

 

Primary

26 (25.0)

14 (25.0)

 
 

Post primary

28 (26.9)

19 (33.9)

 
 

Tertiary

32 (30.8)

18(32.1)

 
 

No entry

4 (3.8)

  

Socioeconomic status

Low income

49 (47.1)

24 (42.9)

P > 0.05

 

Middle income

46 (44.2)

26 (46.4)

 
 

High income

5 (4.8)

1 (1.8)

 
 

No entry

4 (3.8)

5 (8.9)