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Table 3 Type of CAM used, based on cardiac condition

From: Complementary and alternative medicine usage among cardiac patients: a descriptive study

 

Type of CAM used, n (%; SE [%])

Type of heart disease

Medicinal herbs

Spiritual therapies/mind–body systems

Physical therapies/body manipulations

Alternative systems

Other (including energy therapies)

Ischaemic heart disease (n = 104)

94 (90.4; 2.89)

61 (58.7, 4.82)

15 (14.4; 3.44)

9 (8.7; 2.70)

0 (0.0)

Cardiomyopathy (n = 12)

11 (91.7; 7.96)

6 (50.0; 14.43)

1 (8.3; 7.96)

1 (8.3; 7.96)

0 (0.0)

Cardiac arrhythmia (n = 6)

6 (100.0; 0.00)

6 (100.0; 0.00)

3 (50.0; 20.41)

0 (0; 0.00)

0 (0.0)

Valvular heart disease (n = 13)

10 (76.9; 13.32)

6 (46.2; 15.77)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

Other, not specified (n = 31)

24 (77.4; 7.51)

24 (77.4; 7.51)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

6 (19.4, 7.10)

  1. CAM = complementary and alternative medicine; SE = standard error.