Complementary medicine usage in surgery: a cross-sectional survey in Germany

Table 2 Factors affecting usage of complementary medicine

Parameter	Regression coefficient	Standard error	p*	Odds ratio	95%-Confidence Interval
Parameter	Regression coefficient	Standard error	p*	Odds ratio	Lower	Upper
Age	0.002	0.016	0.890	1.002	0.972	1.033
Sex
Male Female	Reference -0.297	Reference 0.436	Reference 0.496	Reference 0.743	Reference 0.316	Reference 1.747
Location
Freiburg Ulm Heidelberg	Reference 2.151 2.169	Reference 0.470 0.651	Reference < 0.001 0.001	Reference 8.590 8.754	Reference 3.417 2.443	Reference 21.596 31.361
Cancer
Yes No	-0.505 Reference	0.519 Reference	0.330 Reference	0.603 Reference	0.218 Reference	1.669 Reference
Nationality
German Other	Reference 0.422	Reference 0.772	Reference 0.585	Reference 1.524	Reference 0.335	Reference 6.927

*Multiple logistic regression, highest sample-size group was chosen as reference.
Goodness-of-fit was assessed using the Hosmer-Lemeshow-Test, indicating a good model fit, χ²(8) = 4.670, p = 0.792.
Only patients for whom a complete data set was available were evaluated (n = 125).

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