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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Complement Ther Med. 2010 Dec;18(6):241–248. doi: 10.1016/j.ctim.2010.09.007

Table 4. Non-pharmacological CAM Use in Participants with Diabetes by Ethnicity.

CAM N (%)
Caucasians
446 (56.0)
African Americans
44 (5.5)
Hispanics
90 (11.3)
Native Americans
63 (7.9)
Asians
98 (12.3)
Pacific Islanders/Other
56 (7.0)
P value
Non-pharmacological CAM:* 373 (83.6) 37 (84.1) 73 (81.1) 45 (71.4) 69 (70.4) 42 (75.0) 0.02
 Acupuncture 31 (7.0) 2 (4.6) 1 (1.1) 4 (6.4) 6 (6.1) 2 (3.6) 0.33
 Aromatherapy* 15 (3.4) 3 (6.8) 3 (3.3) 6 (9.5) 1 (1.0) 0 (0.0) 0.04
 Chiropractic* 81 (18.2) 3 (6.8) 9 (10.0) 7 (11.1) 12 (12.2) 4 (7.1) 0.04
 Exercise 301 (67.5) 33 (75.0) 64 (71.1) 37 (58.7) 60 (61.2) 36 (64.3) 0.35
 Healer 4 (0.9) 0 (0.0) 1 (1.1) 4 (6.4) 2 (2.0) 0 (0.0) 0.06
 Homeopathy 12 (2.7) 1 (2.3) 5 (5.6) 2 (3.2) 3 (3.1) 0 (0.0) 0.53
 Hypnosis 3 (0.7) 1 (2.3) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0.58
 Massage 92 (20.6) 5 (11.4) 12 (13.3) 8 (12.7) 18 (18.4) 9 (16.1) 0.30
 Medicine Man / Woman 12 (2.7) 3 (6.8) 8 (8.9) 6 (9.5) 2 (2.0) 2 (3.6) 0.01
 Physiotherapy 6 (1.4) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 1 (1.0) 0 (0.0) 0.97
 Prayer/Meditationˆ 184 (41.3) 19 (43.2) 20 (22.2) 23 (36.5) 23 (23.5) 19 (33.9) 0.001
 Relaxation 65 (14.6) 9 (20.5) 7 (7.8) 11 (17.3) 6 (6.1) 8 (14.3) 0.07
 Special diet 125 (28.0) 12 (27.3) 32 (35.6) 19 (30.2) 22 (22.5) 14 (25.0) 0.49
 Yoga 25 (5.6) 4 (9.1) 6 (6.7) 3 (4.7) 2 (2.0) 0 (0.0) 0.16
*

p <0.05;

p ≤ 0.01;

ˆ

p ≤0.001