Table 4 Characteristics of the users and non-users of CAM during the first 3 months of the COVID-19 pandemic
CAM providers | Natural remedies and dietary supplements | Self-help practices | Total CAM use | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | |||||
% (n) | % (n) | p-value | % (n) | % (n) | p-value | % (n) | % (n) | p-value | % (n) | % (n) | p-value | |
Sex | 0.011a | <0.001a | <0.001a | <0.001a | ||||||||
Female | 62.0 (49) | 47.1 (348) | 56.5 (325) | 37.4 (162) | 64.8 (158) | 43.1 (329) | 55.7 (377) | 33.2 (110) | ||||
Male | 38.0 (30) | 52.9 (491) | 43.5 (250) | 62.6 (271) | 35.2 (86) | 56.9 (435) | 44.3 (300) | 66.8 (221) | ||||
Age | 0.302a | 0.068a | <0.001a | 0.324a | ||||||||
16-24 years | 8.9 (7) | 16.5 (153) | 15.8 (91) | 15.9 (69) | 20.9 (51) | 14.3 (109) | 16.5 (112) | 14.5 (48) | ||||
25-39 yeras | 29.2 (23) | 24.8 (230) | 23.5 (135) | 27.3 (118) | 32.8 (80) | 22.6 (173) | 25.4 (172) | 24.5 (81) | ||||
40-59 years | 36.7 (29) | 32.4 (301) | 31.3 (180) | 34.6 (150) | 34.0 (83) | 32.3 (247) | 30.9 (209) | 36.6 (121) | ||||
60 years or more | 25.3 (20) | 26.4 (245) | 29.4 (169) | 22.2 (96) | 12.3 (30) | 30.8 (235) | 27.2 (184) | 24.5 (81) | ||||
Mean (SD) | 47.9 (16.41) | 46.3(18.86) | 0.463c | 47.9 (16.41) | 45.0(18.04) | 0.035c | 40.0(16.19) | 48.5(18.96) | <0.001c | 46.4(18.89) | 46.6(18.26) | 0.869c |
Education | 0.218a | 0.652a | 0.001a | 0.179a | ||||||||
Primary/secondary | 53.2 (42) | 46.0 (427) | 45.9 (264) | 47.3 (205) | 37.3 (91) | 49.5 (378) | 45.1 (305) | 49.5 (164) | ||||
College/university | 46.8 (37) | 54.0 (502) | 54.1 (311) | 52.7 (228) | 62.7 (153) | 50.5 (386) | 54.9 (372) | 50.5 (167) | ||||
Household income | 0.726a | 0.132a | 0.489a | 0.249a | ||||||||
Low | 15.9 (10) | 13.1 (96) | 15.3 (70) | 10.7 (36) | 15.7 (31) | 12.5 (75) | 14.7 (79) | 10.4 (27) | ||||
Middel | 30.2 (19) | 34.2 (251) | 34.1 (156) | 33.7 (114) | 31.8 (63) | 34.6 (207) | 33.3 (179) | 35.1 (91) | ||||
High | 54.0 (34) | 52.7 (386) | 50.7 (232) | 55.6 (188) | 52.5 (104) | 52.8 (316) | 52.0 (279) | 54.4 (141) | ||||
Region of residence | 0.556b | 0.563a | 0.157a | 0.518a | ||||||||
East | 58.2 (46) | 50.1 (465) | 51.5 (296) | 49.7 (215) | 54.5 (133) | 49.5 (378) | 52.1 (353) | 47.7 (158) | ||||
South | 2.5 (2) | 5.9 (55) | 5.2 (30) | 6.2 (27) | 4.5 (11) | 6.0 (46) | 5.0 (34) | 6.9 (23) | ||||
West | 20.3 (16) | 25.7 (239) | 26.4 (152) | 23.8 (103) | 20.1 (49) | 27.0 (206) | 25.3 (171) | 25.4 (84) | ||||
Central (Trøndelag) | 8.9 (7) | 8.7 (81) | 8.2 (47) | 9.5 (41) | 10.7 (26) | 8.1 (62) | 8.1 (55) | 10.0 (33) | ||||
North | 10.1 (8) | 9.6 (89) | 8.7 (50) | 10.9 (47) | 10.2 (25) | 9.4 (72) | 9.5 (64) | 10.0 (33) | ||||