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Table 4 Difference in perception, concerns, and government trust between CAM users and non-users

From: Complementary and alternative medicine use among outpatients during the 2015 MERS outbreak in South Korea: a cross-sectional study

Variables

Total

n = 331 (%)

CAM users

n = 252 (%)

Non-users

n = 79 (%)

p-value

Concern about own self and/or family members becoming infectedª

 Low (1,2)

84 (25.4)

61 (24.2)

23 (29.1)

0.314

 Moderate (3)

84 (25.4)

61 (24.2)

23 (29.1)

 High (4,5)

163 (49.2)

130 (51.6)

33 (41.8)

Concern about not being able to visit crowded areaª

 Low (1,2)

79 (23.9)

57 (22.6)

22 (27.8)

0.054

 Moderate (3)

96 (29.0)

67 (26.6)

29 (36.7)

 High (4,5)

156 (47.1)

128 (50.8)

28 (35.4)

Concern about not being able to visit health facilitiesª

 Low (1,2)

109 (32.9)

79 (31.3)

30 (38.0)

0.322

 Moderate (3)

94 (28.4)

70 (27.8)

24 (30.4)

 High (4,5)

128 (38.7)

103 (40.9)

25 (31.6)

Concern about having insufficient information on MERSª

 Low (1,2)

98 (29.6)

75 (29.8)

23 (29.1)

0.207

 Moderate (3)

93 (28.1)

65 (25.8)

28 (35.4)

 High (4,5)

140 (42.3)

112 (44.4)

28 (35.4)

Concern about no treatment modality available for MERSª

 Low (1,2)

51 (15.4)

33 (13.1)

18 (22.8)

0.017

 Moderate (3)

73 (22.1)

51 (20.2)

22 (27.8)

 High (4,5)

207 (62.5)

168 (66.7)

39 (49.4)

Perceived likelihood of infection°

 Low (1,2)

140 (42.3)

103 (40.9)

37 (46.8)

0.458

 Moderate (3)

111 (33.5)

89 (35.3)

22 (27.8)

 High (4,5)

80 (24.2)

60 (23.8)

20 (25.3)

Perceived danger of MERS outbreak on health1

 Low (1,2)

29 (8.8)

22 (8.7)

7 (8.9)

0.017

 Moderate (3)

124 (37.5)

84 (33.3)

40 (50.6)

 High (4,5)

178 (53.8)

146 (57.9)

32 (40.5)

Perceived preventability of MERS infection

 Possible

257 (77.6)

197 (78.2)

60 (75.9)

0.679

 Not possible

74 (22.4)

55 (21.8)

19 (24.1)

Trust in the government response

 Appropriate

133 (40.2)

100 (39.7)

33 (41.8)

0.020

 Not appropriate

151 (45.6)

123 (48.8)

28 (35.4)

 No opinion

47 (14.2)

29 (11.5)

18 (22.8)

Protective behaviors*

 Wearing a mask

186 (56.2)

144 (57.1)

42 (53.2)

0.534

 Hand-washing

260 (78.5)

206 (81.7)

54 (68.4)

0.011

 Refraining from going outside

148 (44.7)

117 (46.4)

31 (39.2)

0.262

 Refraining from physical contact

with other people

62 (18.7)

55 (21.8)

7 (8.9)

0.010

 Resting

73 (22.1)

58 (23.0)

15 (19.0)

0.451

 Visiting health facilities for

consultation

10 (3.0)

7 (2.8)

3 (3.8)

0.644

  1. ª Participants were asked to rate their degree of concern (1 = Not at all, 5 = Very much)
  2. ° Participants were asked to rate their self-perceived likelihood of contracting the disease (1 = Not at all, 5 = Very likely)
  3. 1 Participants were asked to rate their self-perceived danger of the MERS on health (1 = Not at all, 5 = Very much)
  4. * Columns do not add up to 100% due to the selection of multiple answers