Complementary medicine in Germany: a multi-centre cross-sectional survey on the usage by and the needs of patients hospitalized in university medical centers

Table 4 Factors affecting answering the question “Would you like to have CAM counselling regarding your current disease?”

Parameter	Distribution	Regression coefficient	Standard error	p	Odds ratio	95%-Confidence Interval
Parameter	Distribution	Regression coefficient	Standard error	p	Odds ratio	Lower	Lower
Age	–	0.009	0.011	0.383	1.010	0.988	1.031
< 60 years of age	49%	−0.289	0.325	0.787	0.749	0.396	1.418
> 60 years of age	51%	Reference	Reference	Reference	Reference	Reference	Reference
Sex
Male	47%	0.612	0.218	0.005	1.845	1.204	2.827
Female	53%	Reference	Reference	Reference	Reference	Reference	Reference
Department
Cardiology	16%	0.910	0.316	0.004	2.483	1.337	4.613
Gastroenterology	24%	Reference	Reference	Reference	Reference	Reference	Reference
Gynaecology	20%	0.659	0.350	0.059	1.933	0.947	3.838
Oncology	21%	0.250	0.328	0.446	1.285	0.675	2.445
Surgery	19%	0.277	0.300	0.357	1.319	0.732	2.376
Survey location
Freiburg	29%	0.608	0.265	0.022	1.837	1.093	3.088
Heidelberg	28%	Reference	Reference	Reference	Reference	Reference	Reference
Tübingen	15%	0.471	0.329	0.152	1.602	0.840	3.054
Ulm	28%	0.981	0.278	< 0.001	2.668	1.548	4.598
Cancer
Yes	39%	−0.358	0.245	0.144	0.699	0.432	1.130
No	61%	Reference	Reference	Reference	Reference	Reference	Reference
Nationality
German	93%	0.311	0.348	0.373	1.364	0.689	2.701
Other	7%	Reference	Reference	Reference	Reference	Reference	Reference

Multiple logistic regression (Nagelkerke R² = 0.121; H = 0.046), highest sample-size group was chosen as reference. Only patients for whom a complete data set was available and who answered “yes” or “no” were evaluated (n = 562). Female patients stated a higher need for CAM counselling (73 vs. 60%). Patients hospitalized at the department of gastroenterology had a higher need for CAM counselling than cardiologic patients (72 vs. 51%). Patients in Heidelberg stated a higher need for CAM counselling (77%) than patients in Freiburg (64%) and Ulm (60%).

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