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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2006 Mar 30.
Published in final edited form as: J Pain Symptom Manage. 2005 Nov;30(5):418–432. doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2005.05.012

Table 2.

Mean Baseline Pain Scores by CAM Use (n=2466)

Mean Pain Score SE
Any CAM
Yes 67.30 1.26 a
 No 71.88 0.96 
Alt. Med Systems
Yes 64.23 2.11 a
 No 70.08 0.93 
Mind/Body
Yes 65.95 1.20 a
 No 71.69 1.19 
Biological
Yes 67.09 1.90 a
 No 70.31 0.80 
Manipulative/Body-based
Yes 68.68 1.91 
 No 69.64 0.94 
Energy Healing
Yes 67.71 3.01 
 No 69.53 0.94 
Underground/Unlicensed drugs
Yes 63.49 3.43 a
 No 69.76 0.91 
a

Difference in scores is significant at P≤0.05 or less.