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Table 4 Relation between CAM use and symptoms

From: Relationship among symptoms, quality of life, and complementary and alternative medicines use among patients undergoing hemodialysis in French-speaking Switzerland

 

Model 1

Model 2

 

Beta

p-value

Beta

p-value

Intercept

-0.53

0.867

7.96

0.106

CAM use, yes

0.14

0.082

xxx

xxx

CAM profile 1

xxx

xxx

2.85

0.112

CAM profile 2

xxx

xxx

0.05

0.979

CAM profile 3

xxx

xxx

1.16

0.402

CAM profile 4

xxx

xxx

1.89

0.219

Age, years

-0.02

0.694

-0.04

0.550

Gender, male

-0.93

0.210

-1.11

0.333

Civil status, separated

-0.24

0.836

2.57

0.187

Civil status, free union

0.02

0.985

2.27

0.220

Civil status, widow

0.60

0.641

2.55

0.266

Work status, inactive

0.46

0.746

-2.28

0.302

Work status, retired

-0.02

0.983

-3.32

0.072

Children, yes

0.30

0.693

-0.23

0.856

Smoking status, old smoker

-0.33

0.681

0.19

0.875

Smoking status, current smoker

-1.09

0.357

-0.27

0.886

Months in hemodialysis

≈0.00

0.846

0.01

0.355

Other method of dialysis, yes

1.37

0.289

-0.21

0.916

On transplantation waiting list, yes

1.59

0.064

0.47

0.725

Use of antihypertensive, yes

0.78

0.485

-1.34

0.442

Use of vitamins, yes

-0.18

0.854

-2.28

0.141

Use of iron complements, yes

-0.53

0.512

1.42

0.332

Use of painkiller, yes

-0.41

0.573

3.30

0.004

Use of antidepressants, yes

2.00

0.127

3.55

0.021

Use of other treatments, yes

0.08

0.903

0.20

0.847

Cardiac insufficiency, present

-0.03

0.977

-0.82

0.619

Arterial hypertension, present

-0.64

0.573

2.07

0.210

Diabetes, present

0.58

0.370

0.88

0.409

COPD, present

0.71

0.637

4.26

0.051

Heart arrhythmia, present

0.54

0.560

0.72

0.599

Legs arteritis, present

0.48

0.642

0.86

0.616

Cancer, present

1.84

0.182

4.02

0.034

Hepatitis, present

1.91

0.212

1.86

0.459

 

N = 85

N = 85

 

McFadden's R-squared = 0.25

Adjusted R-squared= 0.27