Table 3.
Specific CAM providers used by African Americans with RA participating in the CLEAR Registry at enrollment*
| CAM provider | Overall (n = 855) |
Disease duration |
Sex |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Late disease (n = 437) |
Early disease (n = 418) |
P † | Crude OR (95% CI)† |
Women (n = 726) |
Men (n = 129) |
P † | Crude OR (95% CI)† |
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| Pastor, priest, or other church leader | |||||||||
| Ever seen | 270 (31.8) | 28.5 | 35.3 | 0.03‡ | 0.7 (0.5–1.0)‡ | 32.1 | 30.2 | 0.68 | 1.1 (0.7–1.6) |
| Seen in last 6 months | 227 (26.7) | 21.8 | 31.8 | 27.0 | 24.8 | ||||
| Chiropractic doctor | |||||||||
| Ever seen | 195 (22.8) | 26.4 | 19.2 | 0.01‡ | 1.5 (1.1–2.1)‡ | 21.6 | 30.2 | 0.03‡ | 0.6 (0.4–0.9)‡ |
| Seen in last 6 months | 36 (4.2) | 3.9 | 4.6 | 3.7 | 7.0 | ||||
| Massage therapist | |||||||||
| Ever seen | 72 (8.5) | 8.5 | 8.5 | 0.97 | 1.0 (0.6–1.6) | 8.8 | 7.0 | 0.50 | 1.3 (0.6–2.6) |
| Seen in last 6 months | 36 (4.3) | 3.9 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 4.7 | ||||
| Acupuncturist | |||||||||
| Ever seen | 42 (4.9) | 5.5 | 4.3 | 0.43 | 1.3 (0.7–2.4) | 4.9 | 5.4 | 0.78 | 0.9 (0.4–2.0) |
| Seen in last 6 months | 8 (0.9) | 0.5 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 1.6 | ||||
| Herbalist | |||||||||
| Ever seen | 36 (4.2) | 4.4 | 4.1 | 0.84 | 1.1 (0.5–2.1) | 4.2 | 4.7 | 0.80 | 0.9 (0.4–2.2) |
| Seen in last 6 months | 15 (1.8) | 1.4 | 2.2 | 1.7 | 2.3 | ||||
*
Values are the number (percentage) or the percentage unless indicated otherwise. Reference category is “never use.” CAM = complementary and alternative medicine; RA = rheumatoid arthritis; CLEAR = Consortium for the Longitudinal Evaluation of African Americans with Early Rheumatoid Arthritis; OR = odds ratio; 95% CI = 95% confidence interval.
†
By logistic regression.
‡
Statistically significant at the 0.05 level.