Table 3.
Comparative frequency of use of CAM modalities before- and after-diagnosis with Type 2 diabetes.
| CAM modalities | Before diagnosis % |
After diagnosis % |
P value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whole medical systems | |||
| Acupuncture | 5.5 | 6.7 | .60 |
| Homeopathy | 0.0 | 0.0 | NA |
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| Biologically based practices | |||
| Chinese herbal medicines | 8.0 | 27.9 | <.001 |
| Nutritional supplements | 8.6 | 41.1 | <.001 |
| Diet modification | 1.8* | 13.2 | .003 |
| Non-Chinese herbs | 0.3* | 3.4 | .006 |
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| Manipulative- and body-based practices | |||
| Cupping, scraping | 5.8 | 6.4 | .84 |
| Manipulative-based therapies | 4.6 | 13.5 | <.001 |
| Folk therapies | 0.3* | 0.6 | 1.000 |
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| Energy medicine | |||
| Biofield therapy | 1.8* | 9.2 | <.001 |
| Bioelectromagnetic-based therapies | 3.7 | 10.1 | .001 |
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| Mind-body medicine | |||
| Supernatural healings | 4.9* | 11.0 | <.001 |
| Mind-body therapies | 1.5* | 3.7 | .04 |
| Aromatherapy | 1.2* | 0.3* | .25 |
*Cells have expected count less than 5.