Table 2 Clinical condition of patients
Variable | Overall | CAM | P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Current user (with or without other rehabilitation therapies) | Non-user with other rehabilitation therapies | Non-user without other rehabilitation therapies | |||
Primary Diagnosis | |||||
Epilepsy | 389 (67.3) | 85 (77.3) | 101 (50.5) | 203 (75.7) | <0.0001 |
CP | 56 (9.7) | 9 (8.2) | 41 (20.5) | 6 (2.3) | |
Developmental disordera | 51 (8.8) | 6 (5.5) | 27 (13.5) | 18 (6.7) | |
ADHD | 43 (7.4) | 7 (6.4) | 11 (5.5) | 25 (9.3) | |
Others | 39 (6.7) | 3 (2.7) | 20 (10.0) | 16 (6.0) | |
Disease Duration (mos) | |||||
Mean ± SD | 62.1 ± 47.6 | 65.5 ± 43.9ab | 68.3 ± 46.5a | 55.5 ± 49.4b | 0.015 |
Median (range) | 48 (0–229) | 57 (1–211) | 55 (0–229) | 38 (0–226) | |
Disease Duration | |||||
< 48 months | 137 (33.9) | 20 (25.6) | 37 (24.2) | 80 (46.2) | <0.0001 |
≥ 48 months | 267 (66.1) | 58 (74.4) | 116 (75.8) | 93 (53.8) | |
Having Health Problems | |||||
Yes | 341 (59.0) | 67 (60.9) | 132 (66.0) | 142 (53.0) | 0.016 |
No | 237 (41.0) | 43 (39.1) | 68 (34.0) | 126 (47.0) | |
Number of Health Problems | |||||
Mean ± SD | 0.8 ± 0.9 | 0.9 ± 0.9ab | 0.9 ± 0.9a | 0.7 ± 0.8b | 0.007 |
Median (range) | 1 (0–5) | 1 (0–4) | 1 (0–5) | 1 (0–4) | |
Health Problems | |||||
Atopic dermatitis | 60 (10.4) | 10 (9.1) | 20 (10.0) | 30 (11.2) | 0.81 |
Allergic rhinitis | 103 (17.8) | 21 (19.1) | 27 (13.5) | 55 (20.5) | 0.14 |
Asthma | 19 (3.3) | 1 (0.9) | 9 (4.5) | 9 (3.4) | 0.34 |
Dyspepsia | 40 (0.9) | 8 (7.3) | 16 (8.0) | 16 (6.0) | 0.68 |
Growth retardation | 86 (14.9) | 22 (20.0) | 45 (22.5) | 19 (7.7) | <0.0001 |
Enuresis | 13 (2.2) | 2 (1.8) | 7 (3.5) | 4 (1.5) | 0.33 |
Frequent URI | 125 (21.6) | 30 (27.3) | 51 (25.5) | 44 (16.4) | 0.017 |
Others | 23 (4.0) | 3 (2.7) | 12 (6.0) | 8 (3.0) | 0.19 |