Table 1.
Comparisons between non-disclosers and disclosers
| Variables |
Non- Disclosers n = 190 |
Disclosers n = 67 |
t -test | p value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD a | Mean | SD | |||
|
Age |
55.5 |
15.3 |
50.9 |
15.0 |
2.15 |
0.032 |
|
Duration of disease |
1.70 |
1.45 |
1.36 |
1.48 |
1.67 |
0.091 |
| |
|
|
|
Mann–Whitney
U
test |
|
|
|
Benefits of CAM
b
use |
25.5 |
5.8 |
26.7 |
5.3 |
-2.10 |
0.036 |
|
Barriers of CAM use |
24.3 |
6.1 |
25.2 |
5.8 |
-1.05 |
0.295 |
| |
n |
% |
n |
% |
Chi-square |
|
|
Gender |
|
|
|
|
0.09 |
0.771 |
| male |
84 |
44.2 |
31 |
46.3 |
|
|
| female |
106 |
55.8 |
36 |
53.7 |
|
|
|
Education |
|
|
|
|
1.59 |
0.208 |
| <high school |
64 |
33.6 |
17 |
25.4 |
|
|
| >high school |
126 |
66.3 |
50 |
74.7 |
|
|
|
Occupation |
|
|
|
|
0.33 |
0.847 |
| working |
70 |
36.8 |
27 |
40.3 |
|
|
| not working |
42 |
22.1 |
15 |
22.4 |
|
|
| retired |
78 |
41.1 |
25 |
37.3 |
|
|
|
Marriage |
|
|
|
|
3.58 |
0.310 |
| single |
47 |
24.7 |
18 |
26.9 |
|
|
| married or partner |
111 |
58.4 |
44 |
65.7 |
|
|
| divorce |
5 |
2.6 |
1 |
1.5 |
|
|
| wifeless or widow |
27 |
14.2 |
4 |
6.0 |
|
|
|
Clinic visited |
|
|
|
|
6.81 |
0.033 |
| fortnightly |
14 |
7.4 |
1 |
1.5 |
|
|
| monthly |
124 |
65.3 |
38 |
56.7 |
|
|
| seasonally |
52 |
27.3 |
28 |
41.8 |
|
|
|
Medication compliance |
|
|
|
1.89 |
0.596 |
|
| not taken |
26 |
13.7 |
13 |
19.4 |
|
|
| sometime taken |
7 |
3.7 |
2 |
3.0 |
|
|
| most time taken |
10 |
5.3 |
5 |
7.5 |
|
|
| always taken |
147 |
77.4 |
47 |
70.1 |
|
|
|
How to mixed with conventional medicines |
|
8.74 |
0.068 |
|||
| no change |
51 |
26.8 |
26 |
38.8 |
|
|
| separately taken |
106 |
55.8 |
38 |
56.7 |
|
|
| reduce medicine dose |
8 |
4.2 |
0 |
.0 |
|
|
| stop medicine |
12 |
6.3 |
1 |
1.5 |
|
|
| others |
13 |
6.8 |
2 |
3.0 |
|
|
|
Knowledge of natural products |
|
|
11.50 |
0.001 |
||
| unknown |
132 |
69.5 |
31 |
46.2 |
|
|
| known | 58 | 30.5 | 36 | 53.7 | ||
a = Standard deviation; b = Complementary and alternative medicine.