Table 4.
Self-management users (CAM & self-test kit users, N = 123) |
Self-test kits (Self-test kit users N = 95) |
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OR | 95% CI | p value | OR | 95% CI | p value | |
Age | 1.0 | 0.98, 1.02 | 0.7 | 0.99 | 0.96, 1.01 | 0.3 |
Females1 | 0.74 | 0.37, 1.48 | 0.4 | 0.88 | 0.42, 1.83 | 0.7 |
Ethnic non-whites2 | 1.58 | 0.80, 3.12 | 0.2 | 1.33 | 0.65, 2.75 | 0.6 |
Post -revascularisation3 | 1.95 | 1.18, 3.23 | 0.009 | 2.04 | 1.19, 3.49 | 0.01 |
Attitude towards alternative medicine | 1.13 | 0.87, 1.47 | 0.4 | 1.07 | 0.82, 1.40 | 0.6 |
Dissatisfaction with medical outcomes | 1.05 | 0.76, 1.44 | 0.8 | 1.02 | 0.73, 1.42 | 0.9 |
Dissatisfaction with the medical encounter | 1.25 | 0.92, 1.69 | 0.2 | 1.18 | 0.86, 1.63 | 0.3 |
Natural remedies | 0.92 | 0.70, 1.20 | 0.5 | 0.82 | 0.61, 1.09 | 0.2 |
Holism | 1.41 | 1.08, 1.84 | 0.01 | 1.44 | 1.09, 1.91 | 0.01 |
Rejection of authority | 1.30 | 1.0, 1.69 | 0.05 | 1.21 | 0.92, 1.58 | 0.2 |
Individual responsibility | 0.69 | 0.53, 0.90 | 0.006 | 0.69 | 0.53, 0.91 | 0.009 |
Consumerism | 1.0 | 0.78, 1.29 | 1.0 | 0.43 | 0.71, 1.19 | 0.5 |
1 base case males; 2 base case whites; 3 base case post-MI