Terminally ill patients’ and their relatives’ experiences and behaviors regarding complementary and alternative medicine utilization in hospice palliative inpatient care units: a cross-sectional, multicenter survey

Table 3 Factors related to the disclosure of CAM use to medical personnel (Patients, n = 77; Relatives, n = 230)

	Patients			Relatives
Variable	Odds Ratio	95% CI^a	p value	Odds Ratio	95% CI^a	p value
Gender
Female^b	Reference			Reference
Male	0.56	0.10–3.14	0.511	0.47	0.22–0.98	0.044
Age (years)
< 45^b	Reference			Reference
45–64	3.21	0.42–24.78	0.263	8.76	1.48–51.79	0.017
≥ 65	7.51	0.82–68.49	0.074	8.49	1.30–55.28	0.025
Marital status
Married^b	Reference			Reference
Single/Never married	3.28	0.36–30.01	0.293	5.04	0.99–25.80	0.052
Widowed/Divorced	0.26	0.03–2.63	0.253	0.87	0.38–2.00	0.749
Educational level
< 9 years^b	Reference			Reference
9–12 years	0.45	0.05–4.13	0.483	1.10	0.43–2.79	0.846
≥ 13 years	1.00	0.13–7.66	0.999	2.12	0.86–5.21	0.102
Religion
No^b	Reference			Reference
Yes	1.31	0.18–9.43	0.787	1.23	0.36–4.26	0.739
Region in Taiwan
Central, Southern, or Eastern^b	Reference			Reference
Northern	0.19	0.03–1.09	0.062	1.04	0.48–2.24	0.925
Annual household income^c
≤ $239999^b	Reference			Reference
$240,000–$479,999	1.02	0.14–7.58	0.982	0.90	0.31–2.62	0.851
$480,000–$719,999	0.32	0.02–4.92	0.416	0.69	0.23–2.12	0.522
≥ $720,000	0.43	0.05–3.51	0.432	0.83	0.29–2.39	0.730
Frequent use of CAM in the past year
No^b	Reference			Reference
Yes	1.32	0.22–8.10	0.762	2.01	1.01–4.00	0.048
Ever discontinued mainstream medicine use
No^b	Reference			Reference
Yes	0.56	0.09–3.51	0.533	2.44	0.82–7.28	0.110
Experience of having been asked about CAM use by medical staff
No^b	Reference			Reference
Yes	9.75	1.97–48.35	0.005	5.61	2.66–11.83	< 0.001

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