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Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of participants (N = 224)

From: Frequency, types, and factors associated with complementary and alternative medicine use among patients on maintenance haemodialysis

Variable

N = 224

Yaounde

N = 105

Bamenda

N = 58

Buea

N = 61

Agea (years)

46.5 ± 14.2a

49.1 ± 14.2a

44.1 ± 14.2a

44.3 ± 13.9a

The cultural area of origin n (%)

 Grass field

121(54.0)

38(36.2)

54(93.1)

31(50.8)

 Forest

52(23.2)

49(46.7)

2(3.4)

1(1.6)

 Coastal

38(17.0)

10(9.5)

1(1.7)

27(44.3)

 Soudano Sahel

11(4.9)

8(7.6)

1(1.7)

2(3.3)

 Nonnationals

2(9.0)

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Religion n (%)

 Christian

209(93.3)

96(91.4)

55(94.8)

59(96.7)

 Muslim

14(6.3)

9(8.6)

3(5.2)

2(3.3)

 atheist

1(4.0)

   

Level of formal education n (%)

 None

16(7.1)

6(5.7)

9(15.5)

1(1.6)

 Primary

35(15.6)

13(12.4)

7(12.1)

15(24.6)

 Secondary

93(41.5)

47(44.8)

21(36.2)

25(41.0)

 Tertiary

80(37.5)

39(37.1)

21(36.2)

20(32.8)

Marital status n (%)

 Single

87(38.8)

42(40.0)

20 (34.5)

25(41.0)

 Married

137(61.2)

63(60.0)

38(65.5)

36(50.9)

  1. a mean ± standard deviation