Table III.
Relationship Between Medical Conditions and Use of Mind-body Medical Therapies Among U.S. Adults Mind-Body Therapies
| Medical Conditions (Diagnostic time frame) |
Mind-Body Therapies Overall |
Relaxation Techniques |
Yoga | Tai Chi |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adjusted OR (95% C.I.)* |
Adjusted OR (95% C.I.)* |
Adjusted OR (95% C.I.)* |
Adjusted OR (95% C.I.)* |
|
| Pain syndromes (in past 3 months) |
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| Facial pain | 1.46 (1.23, 1.73) |
1.43 (1.20, 1.70) |
1.52 (1.19, 1.93) |
N/D |
| Neck pain | 1.45 (1.24, 1.55) |
1.43 (1.27, 1.62) |
1.76 (1.46, 2.11) |
1.65 (1.21, 2.27) |
| Joint pain | 1.39 (1.26, 1.53) |
1.37 (1.24, 1.52) |
NS | NS |
| Severe headache | 1.15 ( 1.03, 1.28) |
1.19 (1.06, 1.32) |
NS | NS |
| Low back pain | 1.18 (1.07, 1.29) |
1.21 (1.09, 1.34) |
NS | NS |
| Dental pain† | 1.14 (1.01, 1.28) |
1.16 (1.03, 1.31) |
NS | NS |
| Psychiatric (in past 12 months) |
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| Anxiety/Depression | 1.44 (1.29, 1.62) |
1.44 (1.28, 1.62) |
1.43 (1.20, 1.71) |
NS |
| Insomnia | 1.38 (1.24, 1.55) |
1.41 (1.25, 1.59) |
NS | 1.64 (1.21, 2.23) |
| Other Conditions (history of) |
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| Food or odor allergy† |
1.49 (1.30, 1.71) |
1.52 (1.32, 1.75) |
1.47 (1.20, 1.80) |
2.11 (1.49, 2.97) |
| Bowel disease | 1.27 (1.10, 1.48) |
1.25 (1.07, 1.47) |
NS | N/D |
| Irregular heartbeat | 1.23 (1.07, 1.41) |
1.26 (1.09, 1.45) |
NS | N/D |
| Thyroid disease | NS | 1.18 (1.02, 1.37) |
NS | N/D |
| Hypertension | NS | NS | .74 (.61, .89) |
.71 (.52, .96) |
| COPD‡ | NS | NS | .71 (.51, .99) |
N/D |
*
Adjusted for age, sex, race, income, educational level, region of residence, place of birth, insurance status, marital status, insurance status, smoking status, physical activity level, and alcohol consumption
N/D =sample size was not sufficient for analysis (n<50)
†
Diagnosed within the past 12 months
‡
COPD=Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease