Table 1.
Relationship between respondent characteristics and the prevalence of CAM use
| Variable (n = 402) | Used CAM N (%) |
Has not used CAM N (%) |
Statistics | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender (n = 402) | Male | 103 (56%) | 81 (44%) | X2 = 6.53, 1 df, p = 0.01 |
| Female | 149 (68%) | 69 (32%) | ||
| Age (n = 401) | 20-39 | 42 (63%) | 25 (37%) | X2 = 3.18, 2 df, p = 0.20 |
| 40-59 | 161 (66%) | 84 (34%) | ||
| 60 and above | 49 (55%) | 40 (45%) | ||
| Ethnicity (n = 402) | Arab | 232 (62%) | 143 (38%) | X2 = 1.61, 1 df, p = 0.21 |
| Non-Arab | 20 (74%) | 7 (26%) | ||
| Age finished full-time education (n = 395) | Illiterate | 25 (54%) | 21 (46%) | X2 = 4.83, 4 df, p = 0.31 |
| Less than 13 years | 28 (65%) | 15 (35%) | ||
| 13-18 | 91 (69%) | 41 (31%) | ||
| 19-25 | 86 (63%) | 51 (37%) | ||
| Over 25 years | 20 (54%) | 17 (46%) | ||
| Length of time with diabetes (n = 400) | ≤4 years | 48 (49%) | 50 (51%) | X2 = 11.86, 3 df, p = 0.008 |
| 5-9 years | 66 (72%) | 26 (28%) | ||
| 10-15 years | 69 (64%) | 39 (36%) | ||
| ≥16 years | 68 (67%) | 34 (33%) | ||
| Treatment of Diabetes (n = 402) | Diet Only | 7 (70%) | 3 (30%) | X2 = 3.04, 3 df, p = 0.39 |
| Diet & Tablets | 140 (59%) | 96 (41%) | ||
| Diet & Insulin | 49 (65%) | 26 (35%) | ||
| Diet, Tablets & Insulin | 36 (59%) | 25 (41%) | ||
| Complication of diabetes (n = 402) | Present | 130 (73%) | 49 (27%) | X2 = 13.63, 1 df, p = 0.0002 |
| Absent | 122 (55%) | 101 (45%) | ||
| Regular blood glucose monitoring (n = 402) | Yes | 141 (63%) | 83 (37%) | X2 = 0.02, 1 df p = 0.90 |
| No | 111 (62%) | 67 (38%) | ||