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Table 4 Adjusted ORs of current CAM use according to multivariate multinomial logistic regression

From: Current utilization and influencing factors of complementary and alternative medicine among children with neuropsychiatric disease: a cross-sectional survey in Korea

 

Group*

 

Variable

CAM user OR (95 % CI)

CAM non-user with other rehabilitation therapies OR (95 % CI)

P value**

Sex

   

 Male

0.85 (0.49–1.49)

1.56 (0.96–2.53)

0.067

 Female

1.00

1.00

Age

   

 1–6 years

3.14 (1.31–7.53)

6.92 (3.40–14.1)

<0.0001

 7–12 years

3.34 (1.64–6.79)

2.31 (1.26–4.22)

 13–19 years

1.00

1.00

Disease Duration

   

 <48 months

1.00

1.00

<0.0001

 ≥48 months

3.36 (1.71–6.59)

5.58 (3.06–10.2)

 

Having Health Problems

   

 Yes

1.12 (0.63–1.99)

1.44 (0.88–2.37)

0.34

 No

1.00

1.00

  1. *Reference category: CAM non-user without other rehabilitation therapies
  2. **Estimated P value of the association between the study variables and the polytomous outcome using the likelihood ratio test