Research Article
The Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Thai Gynecologic Oncology Patients: Influencing Factors
Table 2
Clinical characteristics between complementary and alternative medicine users and nonusers.
| | Clinical characteristic | CAM users, n = 93 (%) | Non-CAM users, n = 277 (%) | value |
| | Cancer stage | | Stage I, II | 48 (51.61) | 162 (58.48) | 0.102 | | Stage III, IV | 45 (48.38) | 108 (38.99) | |
| | Time since cancer diagnosis | | <1 year | 40 (44.44%) | 138 (51.30%) | 0.279 | | 1–2 year | 18 (20%) | 59 (21.93%) | | | >2 year | 32 (35.56%) | 72 (26.77%) | |
| | Modality treatment combination | | Single modality | 29 (31.18) | 83 (31.32) | 0.024 | | Two modalities | 47 (50.54) | 160 (60.32) | | | Three modalities | 17 (18.28) | 22 (8.3) | |
| | Disease status | | Remission | 63 (67.74) | 161 (58.12) | 0.637 | | Stable | 17 (18.28) | 72 (25.99) | | | Recurrent | 6 (6.45) | 25 (9.03) | | | Progressive disease | 2 (2.15) | 19 (6.86) | |
| | Current treatment | | No treatment, surveillance | 60 (64.52) | 158 (57.04) | 0.333 | | Chemotherapy | 24 (25.81) | 93 (34.30) | | | Surgery | 7 (7.53) | 13 (4.69) | | | RT/CCRT | 1 (1.08) | 9 (3.25) | | | Best supportive care | 1 (1.08) | 2 (0.72) | |
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CAM, complementary and alternative Medicine; RT/CCRT, radiation therapy/concurrent chemotherapy with radiation treatment.
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