Research Article

Quality of Life and Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicines among Narcotics Anonymous Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study in Southeast Iran

Table 5

The quality of life and its association with prayer and medicinal herbs usage among the participants.

VariablePrayer userIndependent t-test ( value)
Yes (mean/SD)No (mean/SD)

Physical health domain62.05 ± 17.1858.99 ± 18.68−1.14 (0.26)
Psychological health domain56.83 ± 13.2455.19 ± 14.46−0.79 (0.43)
Social relationships domain65.67 ± 17.2258.11 ± 23.61−2.38 (0.02)
Environment domain56.88 ± 13.2251.51 ± 15.26−2.49 (0.01)
Overall quality of life68.83 ± 20.1760.86 ± 24.75−2.33 (0.02)

Medicinal herbs userIndependent t-test ( value)
Yes (mean/SD)No (mean/SD)

Physical health domain61.54 ± 16.6159.43 ± 18.95−0.77 (0.44)
Psychological health domain56.34 ± 14.1855.56 ± 13.91−0.37 (0.71)
Social relationships domain66.18 ± 19.3858.19 ± 22.29−2.48 (0.01)
Environment health domain56.67 ± 13.1452.11 ± 15.35−1.90 (0.06)
Overall quality of life68.11 ± 18.5161.67 ± 25.45−1.84 (0.07)

SD: standard deviation.