Research Article
The Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Thai Gynecologic Oncology Patients: Influencing Factors
Table 1
Sociodemographic characteristics between complementary and alternative medicine users and nonusers.
| | Sociodemographic characteristics | CAM users, n = 93 (%) | Non-CAM users, n = 277 (%) | value |
| | Mean age (mean ± SD) | 53.48 ± 10.89 | 55.67 ± 14.26 | 0.124 | | Marital status | | Pair/Married | 50 (54.35) | 138 (50.36) | 0.574 | | Divorced/separated/widowed | 21 (22.83) | 58 (21.17) | | | Single | 21 (22.83) | 78 (28.47) | |
| | Care giver | | Parent/descendant/partner | 66 (70.97) | 211 (76.17) | 0.390 | | Relatives/nursing home/friend | 18 (19.35) | 50 (18.05) | | | None | 9 (9.68) | 16 (5.78) | |
| | Birthplace | | Urban | 25 (26.88) | 106 (38.27) | 0.047 | | Rural | 68 (73.12) | 171 (61.73) | |
| | Residence | | Urban | 42 (45.16) | 172 (62.09) | 0.004 | | Rural | 51 (54.84) | 105 (37.91) | |
| | Occupation | | Unemployed | 30 (32.26) | 95 (34.30) | 0.719 | | Employed | 63 (67.74) | 182 (65.70) | |
| | Education | | Secondary school | 45 (48.39) | 117 (42.24) | 0.301 | | Higher level than secondary school | 48 (51.61) | 160 (57.76) | |
| | Personal income (Baht/month) | | ≤15,000 | 38 (44.19) | 106 (40.61) | 0.560 | | >15,000 | 48 (55.81) | 155 (59.39) | |
| | Family number (person) | | ≤3 | 54 (58.06) | 157 (56.68) | 0.815 | | >3 | 39 (41.94) | 120 (43.32) | |
| | Family income (Baht/month) | | ≤15,000 | 27 (18.3) | 37 (13.4) | 0.245 | | >15,000 | 76 (81.7) | 240 (86.6) | |
| | Religion | | Buddhism | 90 (96.8) | 268 (96.8) | 0.369 | | Muslim | 1 (1.1) | 7(2.5) | | | Christianity | 2 (2.2) | 2(0.7) | |
| | Underlying disease | | No | 47 (50.54) | 149 (53.79) | 0.587 | | Yes | 46 (49.46) | 128 (46.21) | |
| | ECOG score | | 0 | 82 (88.17) | 254 (91.7) | 0.595 | | 1 | 10 (10.75) | 21 (7.58) | | | 2 | 1 (1.08) | 22 (1) | |
| | Health care benefit scheme | | Civil service welfare | 43 (46.24) | 135 (48.74) | 0.989 | | Social security | 7 (7.53) | 25 (9.03) | | | Universal coverage | 21 (22.58) | 57 (20.58) | | | Others | 22 (23.65) | 60 (21.65) | |
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CAM, complementary and alternative medicine; ECOG, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group.
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