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Table 1 Distribution of patient’s characteristics (n = 1,183)

From: Proportion and associated factors of the utilisation of complementary and alternative medicine exclusively in a hospital in Bangladesh

Characteristics

Number of patients,

n (%)

Utilisation of CAM, n (%)

p-value

no

yes

Age (year)

  < 18

249(21.0)

195(78.3)

54(21.7)

 < 0.001

 18–25

283(23.9)

182(64.3)

101(35.7)

 26–45

218(18.4)

86(39.4)

132(60.6)

 46–65

169(14.3)

112(66.3)

57(33.7)

 65 + 

264(22.3)

202(76.5)

62(23.5)

Gender

 Male

415(35.1)

315(75.9)

100(24.1)

 < 0.001

 Female

768(64.9)

462(60.2)

306(39.8)

Religion

 Muslim

1108(93.7)

733(66.2)

375(33.8)

0.186

 Others

75(6.3)

44(58.7)

31(41.3)

Level of education

 No education

314(26.5)

168(53.5)

146(46.5)

 < 0.001

 Primary

270(22.8)

170(63.0)

100(37.0)

 Secondary

205(17.3)

121(59.0)

84(41.0)

 Tertiary

394(33.3)

318(80.7)

76(19.3)

Marital status

 Single

349(29.5)

267(76.5)

82(23.5)

 < 0.001

 Married

834(70.5)

510(61.2)

324(38.8)

Residence

 Urban

1058(89.4)

703(66.4)

355(33.6)

0.107

 Rural

125(10.6)

74(59.2)

51(40.8)

Family type

 Nuclear

844(71.3)

584(69.2)

260(30.8)

 < 0.001

 Joint

339(28.7)

193(56.9)

146(43.1)

Employment status

 Unemployed

165(13.9)

101(61.2)

64(38.8)

 < 0.001

 Informal workers

522(44.1)

295(56.5)

227(43.5)

 Formal employee

173(14.6)

137(79.2)

36(20.8)

 Business

81(6.8)

70(86.4)

11(13.6)

 Students

209(17.7)

155(74.2)

54(25.8)

 Others

33(2.8)

19(57.6)

14(42.4)

Income quintiles

 Q1 (< 10,000)

158(13.4)

126(79.7)

32(20.3)

 < 0.001

 Q2 (10,000–19,000)

251(21.2)

136(54.2)

115(45.8)

 Q3 (20,000–29,0000)

204(17.2)

100(49.0)

104(51.0)

 Q4 (30,000–39,0000)

160(13.5)

85(53.1)

75(46.9)

 Q5 (≥ 40,000)

410(34.7)

330(80.5)

80(19.5)

  1. Note: Q1 lowest 20% and Q2 highest 20%; CAM Complementary and Alternative Medicine, p-value = probability value, p-value was derived from the chi-square test