Complementary and alternative medicine use among patients with type 2 diabetes living in the United Arab Emirates

Table 2 Correlates of CAM use using multiple logistic regression (n = 244)^a

Characteristic	OR (95% CI) ^b	p-value
Age	1.03 (1.01–1.06)	0.01
Sex
Male	1
Female	0.51 (0.26–0.99)	0.05
Education
Illiterate/ Primary Education	1
Secondary Education	2.01 (1.06–3.82)	0.03
Higher Education	0.68 (0.27–1.76)	0.43
Employment
Unemployed	1
Employed	2.19 (1.07–4.45)	0.03
Presence of Health Insurance
Uninsured	1
Insured	2.00 (1.05–3.81)	0.04
Adhere to doctor’s recommendations
No	1
Yes	0.47 (0.19–1.16)	0.10

CAM refers to Complementary and Alternative Medicine; ^aVariables with a p value less than 0.2 in the bivariate analyses were included in this regression model; ^bOR (95% CI) refers to Odds Ratios and their corresponding Confidence Intervals, OR which were found to be significant at p less than 0.05 were bolded

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