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Table 1 Background characteristics of study participants (n=576)

From: Knowledge, attitude, perceived effectiveness and self-practice of complementary and alternative medicine: a cross-sectional comparison between medical and non-medical students of Bangladesh

Characteristics

Medical Students (n=329)

Non-medical students (n=247)

Age, mean±SD

21.5±1.8

22.1±1.5

Gender

 Male

185 (56.2)

77 (31.1)

 Female

144 (43.7)

170 (68.8)

Monthly Family income (BDT), mean±SD

80842.9±186702.6

57249.9±53608.7

Year of Study

 1st

78 (23.7)

54 (21.8)

 2nd

64 (19.4)

62 (25.1)

 3rd

59 (17.9)

53 (21.4)

 4th

66 (20.0)

44 (17.8)

 5th

62 (18.8)

34 (13.7)

History of family illness

 No history

14 (1000)

0 (0.0)

 Diabetes

170(51.6)

142(57.4)

 Hypertension

176(53.5)

156(63.1)

Access to conventional healthcare

 Easy

297(58.8)

208(84.2)

 Difficult

32(45.0)

39(15.7)

Use of CAM in the first degree relative

 Yes

79(24.0)

61(24.7)

 No

250(75.9)

186(75.3)

  1. SD, standard deviation; BDT, Bangladeshi taka
  2. All data presented as n (%) unless otherwise mentioned