Table 4. Discussion of CAM practices with physicians and Socio-demographic data.
Socio-demographic data | Usually | Sometimes | Never | p value | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. (42) | % (8.3) | No. (214) | % (42.4) | No. (249) | % (49.3) | |||
Age | 18- | 13 | 8.4 | 59 | 38.3 | 82 | 53.2 | 0.67 |
30- | 11 | 8.1 | 62 | 45.6 | 63 | 46.3 | ||
40- | 9 | 8.2 | 50 | 45.5 | 51 | 46.4 | ||
50- | 7 | 8.3 | 36 | 42.9 | 41 | 48.8 | ||
60+ | 2 | 9.5 | 7 | 33.3 | 12 | 57.1 | ||
Sex | Male | 20 | 7.8 | 97 | 37.9 | 139 | 54.3 | 0.023* |
Female | 22 | 8.8 | 117 | 47 | 110 | 44.2 | ||
Nationality | Saudi | 33 | 9.2 | 146 | 40.9 | 178 | 49.9 | 0.69 |
Non-Saudi | 9 | 6.1 | 68 | 45.9 | 71 | 48.0 | ||
Residence | Riyadh city | 34 | 7.8 | 187 | 43 | 214 | 49.2 | 0.33 |
Outside Riyadh city | 8 | 11.4 | 27 | 33.6 | 35 | 50.0 | ||
Education | Post graduate | 4 | 23.5 | 9 | 52.9 | 4 | 23.5 | 0.09 |
University | 15 | 7.5 | 91 | 45.3 | 95 | 47.3 | ||
Secondary | 11 | 5.5 | 93 | 46.3 | 97 | 48.3 | ||
Preparatory | 6 | 15.0 | 9 | 22.5 | 25 | 62.5 | ||
Primary | 4 | 30.8 | 2 | 15.4 | 7 | 53.8 | ||
Read and write | 1 | 11.1 | 3 | 33.3 | 5 | 55.6 | ||
Illiterate | 1 | 4.2 | 7 | 29.2 | 16 | 66.7 | ||
Occupation | Governmental officer | 11 | 9.2 | 50 | 41.7 | 59 | 49.2 | 0.25 |
Nongovernmental officer | 14 | 9.1 | 67 | 43.5 | 73 | 47.4 | ||
Businesses | 5 | 13.9 | 7 | 19.4 | 24 | 66.7 | ||
House-wife | 10 | 6.3 | 76 | 47.8 | 73 | 45.9 | ||
Student | 1 | 4.5 | 10 | 45.5 | 11 | 50 | ||
Jobless | 1 | 7.1 | 4 | 28.6 | 9 | 64.3 |
* Significant (the level of significance is 0.05).
N.B. 13 participants did not sure about discussion of CAM practices with their physicians.