Table 3.
Reasons for complementary and integrative healthcare (CIH) visits per hospital stay among inpatients with mechanical low back pain by reason for hospitalization (n=1,152)
| Dorsal & lumbar fusion (n=867)
|
Disc excision and decompression (n=148)
|
Fractures and injuries (n=67)
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Cervical fusion (n=48)
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Others (n=22)
|
Total (n=1,152)
|
P-value | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Obs | % | Obs | % | Obs | % | Obs | % | Obs | % | Obs | % | ||
| Reason | |||||||||||||
| Pain | 391 | 45.1 | 49 | 33.1 | 41 | 61.2 | 26 | 54.2 | 13 | 59.1 | 520 | 45.1 | 0.001 |
| Relaxation | 151 | 17.4 | 28 | 18.9 | 11 | 16.4 | 9 | 18.8 | 3 | 13.6 | 202 | 17.5 | 0.969 |
| Comfort | 60 | 6.9 | 17 | 11.5 | 8 | 11.9 | 7 | 14.6 | 2 | 9.1 | 94 | 8.2 | 0.095 |
| Stress | 44 | 5.1 | 2 | 1.4 | 4 | 6.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 4.6 | 51 | 4.4 | 0.149 |
| Anxiety | 32 | 3.7 | 10 | 6.8 | 1 | 1.5 | 2 | 4.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 45 | 3.9 | 0.262 |
| Insomnia | 40 | 4.6 | 2 | 1.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 6.3 | 1 | 4.6 | 46 | 4.0 | 0.136 |
| Nausea | 31 | 3.6 | 3 | 2.0 | 1 | 1.5 | 1 | 2.1 | 1 | 4.6 | 37 | 3.2 | 0.736 |
| Othersa) | 62 | 11.5 | 16 | 13.8 | 4 | 7.8 | 2 | 5.9 | 4 | 30.8 | 88 | 11.7 | 0.140 |
| Not reported | 219 | 25.3 | 37 | 25.0 | 10 | 14.9 | 5 | 10.4 | 1 | 4.6 | 272 | 23.6 | 0.010 |
Note:
a)
includes assessment, constipation, education, end of life care, parasympathetic nervous system, spiritual issues and wellbeing.