Table 4.

Oral complementary medicine and alternative practitioner use in relation to health service use in previous 12 months and patient factors

Health service providers		Oral CM use % (n)	P	Alternative practitioner % (n)	P
Primary care provider visits previous year	0	11.6 (31)	<0.01	9.5 (26)	0.30
	1–4	28.5 (468)		7.2 (120)
	5+	30.6 (373)		6.8 (84)
Psychologist	No	27.6 (846)	0.055	7.2 (224)	0.74
	Yes	41.0 (25)		8.3 (5)
Chiropractor	No	26.4 (706)	<0.01	5.9 (159)	<0.01
	Yes	36.1 (163)		15.3 (70)
Alternative therapist	No	26.4 (764)	<0.01
	Yes	46.1 (105)
Patient factors
Risk aversion	Risk-takers	26.3 (93)	0.30	11.7 (42)	<0.01
	Moderately averse	30.4 (422)		8.7 (122)
	Highly averse	28.9 (164)		3.9 (22)
Patient satisfaction	Very satisfied	32.3 (317)	0.60	7.5 (74)	0.57
	Somewhat satisfied	29.4 (156)		9.4 (51)
	Somewhat dissatisfied	29.6 (34)		9.6 (11)
	Very dissatisfied	35.7 (15)		2.4 (1)
Decision-making preferences	Patient decides	30.1 (286)	<0.01	9.2 (88)	0.37
	Shared decision	33.3 (230)		7.3 (52)
	Doctor decides	24.6 (164)		7.0 (47)

Abbreviation: CM, complementary medicine.