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Table 2 Percent CAM use (standard error1) for top six CAM approaches used among children aged 4–17 without and with common mental health conditions in the NHIS child CAL supplement

From: Complementary and alternative medicine use among children with mental health issues: results from the National Health Interview Survey

Mental Health Condition

Herbs

Chiropractic

Yoga

Deep Breathing

Meditation

Homeopathy

Any CAM Use

ADHD/ADD

 Yes (n = 986)

9.0 (1.1) ††

3.2 (0.8)

2.4 (0.6)

2.5 (0.6)

1.9 (0.5)

1.3 (0.5)

14.8 (1.5)*

 No (n = 9037)

4.4 (0.3)

3.5 (0.3)

3.3 (0.2)

2.7 (0.2)

1.9 (0.2)

1.8 (0.2)

11.5 (0.5)

Autism

 Yes (n = 139)

8.0 (2.7)

1.2 (0.1)*

5.9 (2.4)

4.7 (2.1)

5.0 (2.3)

3.9 (2.3)

16.8 (4.5)

 No (n = 9884)

4.8 (0.3)

3.5 (0.3)

3.2 (0.2)

2.7 (0.2)

1.8 (0.2)

1.7 (0.2)

11.7 (0.5)

Anxiety or Depression

 Yes (n = 932)

10.4 (1.2) ††

6.9 (1.0)†

6.8 (1.0) ††

6.7 (1.0) ††

6.1 (1.0) ††

3.4 (0.8)*

23.2 (1.6)††

 No (n = 9091)

4.3 (0.3)

3.2 (0.3)

2.9 (0.2)

2.3 (0.2)

1.5 (0.1)

1.6 (0.2)

10.7 (0.5)

Childhood Stress

 Yes (n = 908)

12.0 (1.4) ††

8.0 (1.2) ††

6.6 (1.0) ††

6.4 (0.9) ††

5.1 (0.9) ††

4.4 (1.0) †

25.7 (1.9) ††

 No (n = 9115)

4.2 (0.3)

3.0 (0.3)

2.9 (0.2)

2.3 (0.2)

1.6 (0.1)

1.5 (0.1)

10.5 (0.5)

Any Mental Health Condition

 Yes (n = 1889)

9.1 (0.8) ††

5.3 (0.7)†

4.7 (0.6) †

4.5 (0.5) ††

3.7 (0.5) ††

2.5 (0.5)

19.2 (1.2) ††

 No (n = 8134)

3.9 (0.3)

3.1 (0.3)

2.9 (0.2)

2.3 (0.2)

1.5 (0.1)

1.6 (0.2)

10.1 (0.5)

  1. 1percentages are adjusted for sample weights and standard errors are adjusted for the complex survey design
  2. 2Survey weighted Wald F-statistic comparing percent CAM use between children with the mental health condition to those without the mental health condition < 0.05*, < 0.01†, < 0.001††
  3. 3Any of 17 Cam modalities listed in the methods section