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Table 5 Characteristics of users and non-users of CAM therapy

From: Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine: A survey in Turkish Gastroenterology Patients

 

Users (n = 79)

Non-user (n = 137)

Significance

Age

   

   (year, mean ± SD)

49.9 ± 12.8

(range:19-75)

50.3 ± 13.2

(range:18-75)

*NS

t = 0.235 p = 0.904

Gender

   

   Female

59 (43.7%)

76 (56.3%)

**

x 2 = 7.889 p = 0.004

   Male

20 (24.7%)

61 (75.3%)

 

Marital Status

   

   Married

58 (34.1%)

112 (65.9%)

**

t = 1.995 p = 0.047

   Divorced/widowed

9 (34.6%)

17 (65.4%)

 

   Single

12 (60.0%)

8 (40.0%)

 

Education

   

   Up to High School

38 (29.6%)

90 (70.4%)

**

x 2 = 6.286 p = 0.012

   Beyond high school

40 (46.5%)

46 (53.5%)

 

Occupation/Working status

   

   Not working/Housewife

58 (38.4%)

93 (61.6%)

*NS

x 2 = 0.730 p = 0.393

   Employed

21 (32.3%)

44 (67.7)

 

Diagnosis

   

   Gastritis/Dyspepsia

38 (41.8%)

53 (58.2%)

 

   GERD

13 (20%)

52 (80%)

*NS

t = 0.377 p = 0.706

   Liver diseases (hepatitis, NASH)

14 (53.8%)

12 (46.2%)

 

   Lower GI problems (constipation)

14 (41.2%)

20 (58.8%)

 

Treatment status

   

   Receiving active treatment

44 (39.6%)

67 (60.4%)

*NS

x 2 = 0.925 p = 0.336

   No current treatment

35 (33.3)

70 (66.7%)

 
  1. Percentages are based on row total; *NS, Not significant (p > 0.05); ** significant (p < 0.05)