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;
p ≤0.001