Patterns and Determinants of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Practitioner Use among Adults with Diabetes in Queensland, Australia

Table 3

Logistic model of demographic and health status characteristics of CAM practitioner users.

Variables	𝑁	CAM practitioner user 𝑛 (%) or mean ± SD	Crude OR	Crude  95% CI	Adjusted OR	Adjusted 95% CI	Adjusted 𝑃 value
Sociodemographic
Sex							<0.001
Male	1828	101 (5.5)	1.00		1.00
Female	1509	157 (10.4)	1.99	1.53–2.58	1.98	1.50–2.62
Age group							<0.001
18–44 years	225	30 (13.3)	3.18	1.80–5.62	2.30	1.25–4.23
45–59 years	909	99 (10.9)	2.53	1.59–4.04	1.96	1.20–3.21
60–74 years	1704	106 (6.2)	1.37	0.87–2.18	1.15	0.71–1.86
75+ years	499	23 (4.6)	1.00		1.00
Education level							<0.001
University degree	449	52 (11.6)	2.25	1.55–3.27	2.05	1.37–3.06
Certificate/diploma/trade	1005	93 (9.2)	1.75	1.28–2.41	1.84	1.32–2.57
Senior high school	472	37 (7.8)	1.46	0.97–2.20	1.48	0.96–2.28
Year 10 and below	1365	75 (5.5)	1.00		1.00
Health insurance							0.011
Private	1712	155 (9.1)	1.41	1.09–1.83	1.44	1.09–1.92
Not private	1551	102 (6.6)	1.00		1.00
Health and lifestyle
Vegetable consumption (per serve per day)		3.3±1.3	1.18	1.08–1.30	1.17	1.06–1.29	0.002
Exercise
Sufficiently active	1568	138 (8.8)	1.31	1.01–1.69	1.34	1.02–1.76	0.035
Insufficiently active	1718	118 (6.9)	1.00		1.00
Quality of life
EQ-5D pain subscale							0.002
Extreme pain or discomfort	196	20 (10.2)	1.68	1.01–2.80	1.99	1.15–3.44
Moderate pain or discomfort	1685	142 (8.4)	1.36	1.04–1.79	1.66	1.23–2.23
No pain or discomfort	1421	90 (6.3)	1.00		1.00
ADDQoL AWI (per unit)		−1.8±1.8	0.91	0.85–0.97	0.92	0.86–0.99	0.032