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

Table 3 Factors affecting communication about complementary medicine

Parameter	Regression coefficient	Standard error	p*	Odds ratio	95%-Confidence Interval
Parameter	Regression coefficient	Standard error	p*	Odds ratio	Lower	Upper
Age	0.11	0.020	0.591	1.011	0.973	1.050
Sex
Male Female	Reference -0.803	Reference 0.599	Reference 0.180	Reference 0.448	Reference 0.138	Reference 1.449
Location
Freiburg Ulm Heidelberg	Reference 0.170 1.750	Reference 0.627 0.886	Reference 0.787 0.048	Reference 1.185 5.757	Reference 0.347 1.014	Reference 4.051 32.677
Cancer
Yes No	Reference -1.467	Reference 0.621	Reference 0.018	Reference 0.231	Reference 0.068	Reference 0.779
Nationality
German Other	Reference 0.312	Reference 1.141	Reference 0.784	Reference 1.367	Reference 0.146	Reference 12.778

*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) = 5.427, p = 0.711.
Only patients for whom a complete data set was available were evaluated (n = 141).

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