Use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) among emergency department (ED) patients in Sweden

Table 3 Demographic factors associated with CAM use

CAM associates	CAM use today p-value	CAM use 12 months p-value	CAM use lifetime p-value
Number of non-prescription drugs¹ (n = 1029)	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001
Highest level of education¹ (n = 978)	0.005	< 0.001	< 0.001
Employment status² (n = 977)	0.136	< 0.001	< 0.001
Self-reported chronic disease² (n = 957)	0.373	0.018	0.849
Medical area² (n = 982)	0.463	0.755	0.824
Sex² (n = 998)	0.498	< 0.001	< 0.001
Number of prescription drugs¹ (n = 1029)	0.793	< 0.001	0.009
Residential area¹ (n = 977)	0.841	0.819	0.428
Marital status² (n = 980)	0.853	0.539	0.058
Household annual income¹ (n = 923)	0.858	< 0.001	< 0.001
Age³ (n = 996)	0.994	0.055	< 0.001

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