Table 2 Associations of for CAM use to treat late and long-term effects
| Â | Total CAM use | CAM provider | Natural remedies | Self-help practices | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
% (n = 153) | % (n = 207) | p-value | % (n = 80) | % (n = 280) | p-value | % (n = 47) | % (n = 313) | p-value | % (n = 95) | % (n = 265) | p-value | |
Sex | Yes | No | < 0.001* | Yes | No | < 0.001* | Yes | No | 0.109* | Yes | No | < 0.001* |
 Women | 51.4 (127) | 48.6 (120) |  | 27.9 (69) | 72.1 (178) |  | 15.0 (37) | 85.0 (210) |  | 34.0 (84) | 66.0 (163) |  |
 Men | 23.0 (26) | 77.0 (87) |  | 9.7 (11) | 90.3 (102) |  | 8.8 (10) | 91.2 (103) |  | 9.7 (11) | 90.3 (102) |  |
Age | Â | Â | 0.045* | Â | Â | 0.084* | Â | Â | 0.779* | Â | Â | 0.035* |
 19-50 years | 50.0 (42) | 50.0 (42) |  | 26.2 (22) | 73.8 (62) |  | 11.9 (10) | 88.1 (74) |  | 35.7 (30) | 64.3 (54) |  |
 51-64 yeras | 44.7 (72) | 55.3 (89) |  | 24.8 (40) | 75.2 (121) |  | 12.4 (20) | 87.6 (141) |  | 26.7 (43) | 73.3 (118) |  |
 65-82 years | 33.3 (38) | 66.7 (76) |  | 14.9 (17) | 85.1 (97) |  | 14.9 (17) | 85.1 (97) |  | 19.3 (22) | 80.7 (92) |  |
 Mean age, years (SD) | 56.9 (10.71) | 49.8 (10.36) | 0.009** | 56.1 (10.56) | 59.3 (10.52) | 0.019** | 60.0 (11.40) | 58.3 (10.47) | 0.310** | 55.5 (10.60) | 59.6 (10.40) | 0.001** |
Education |  |  | < 0.001* |  |  | 0.013^ |  |  | 0.360^ |  |  | 0.010* |
 Primary school | 15.8 (3) | 84.2 (16) |  | 5.3 (1) | 94.7 (18) |  | 5.3 (1) | 94.7 (18) |  | 10.5 (2) | 89.5 (17) |  |
 Secondary school | 32.4 (34) | 67.6 (71) |  | 15.2 (16) | 84.8 (89) |  | 10.5 (11) | 89.5 (94) |  | 18.1 (19) | 81.9 (86) |  |
 College/ University | 48.9 (115) | 51.1 (120) |  | 26.4 (62) | 73.6 (173) |  | 14.9 (35) | 85.1 (200) |  | 31.5 (74) | 68.5 (161) |  |
Household income | Â | Â | 0.104* | Â | Â | 0.226* | Â | Â | 0.624^ | Â | Â | 0.269* |
 Low (Less than EUR 40,000) | 31.4 (11) | 68.6 (24) |  | 14.3 (5) | 85.7 (30) |  | 8.6 (3) | 91.4 (32) |  | 14.3 (5) | 85.7 (30) |  |
 Middle EUR 40,000 to 79,000) | 38.8 (50) | 61.2 (79) |  | 21.7 (28) | 78.3 (101) |  | 12.4 (16) | 87.6 (113) |  | 24.8 (32) | 75.2 (97) |  |
 High (EUR 80,000 or more) | 48.8 (82) | 51.2 (86) |  | 25.6 (43) | 74.4 (125) |  | 15.5 (26) | 84.0 (142) |  | 29.8 (50) | 70.2 (118) |  |
 No reply | 33.3 (9) | 66.7 (18) |  | 11.1 (3) | 88.9 (24) |  | 7.4 (2) | 92.6 (25) |  | 29.6 (8) | 70.4 (19) |  |
Household1 | ||||||||||||
 Live alone | 43.4 (36) | 56.6 (47) | 0.854* | 22.9 (19) | 77.1 (64) | 0.867* | 9.6 (8) | 90.4 (75) | 0.292* | 27.7 (23) | 72.3 (60) | 0.755* |
 Live with a partner | 43.6 (113) | 56.4 (146) | 0.488* | 22.8 (59) | 77.2 (200) | 0.684* | 14.7 (38) | 85.3 (221) | 0.145* | 27.0 (70) | 73.0 (189) | 0.660* |
 Live with own children | 40.8 (29) | 59.2 (42) | 0.753* | 19.7 (14) | 80.3 (57) | 0.571* | 12.7 (9) | 87.3 (62) | 0.916* | 25.4 (18) | 74.6 (53) | 0.825* |
Place of residence | Â | Â | 0.558* | Â | Â | 0.957^ | Â | Â | 0.656^ | Â | Â | 0.170^ |
 South-East | 45.5 (85) | 54.5 (102) |  | 23.0 (43) | 77.0 (144) |  | 11.8 (22) | 88.2 (165) |  | 31.0 (58) | 69.0 (129) |  |
 South | 53.3 (8) | 46.7 (7) |  | 26.7 (4) | 73.3 (11) |  | 20.0 (3) | 80.0 (12) |  | 33.3 (5) | 66.7 (10_) |  |
 West | 36.0 (31) | 64.0 (55) |  | 20.9 (18) | 79.1 (68) |  | 11.6 (10) | 88.4 (76) |  | 17.4 (15) | 82.6 (71) |  |
 Central (Trøndelag) | 40.0 (12) | 60.0 (18) |  | 23.3 (7) | 76.7 (23) |  | 16.7 (5) | 83.3 (26) |  | 23.3 (7) | 76.7 (23) |  |
 North | 40.5 (17) | 59.5 (25) |  | 19.0 (8) | 81.0 (34) |  | 16.7 (7) | 83.3 (35) |  | 23.8 (10) | 76.2 (32) |  |