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. 2016 Feb 1;22(2):160–165. doi: 10.1089/acm.2015.0061

Table 3.

Adjusted Odds Ratios of Interest in Hospital-Based CIH Approaches for Sociodemographic and Clinical Characteristics

  Adjusted odds ratio (95% confidence interval)
Variable Massage Reiki or healing touch Acupuncture Mindfulness meditation Guided imagery Biofeedback Nutritional counseling
Sociodemographic characteristics
 Age (y) 0.99 (0.96–1.02) 1.06 (1.02–1.10)a 1.00 (0.97–1.03) 1.00 (0.98–1.03) 1.01 (0.98–1.03) 1.00 (0.98–1.03) 0.99 (0.96–1.02)
 Women 1.47 (0.68–3.22) 6.72 (2.75–16.47)a 1.83 (0.92–3.65) 2.16 (1.08–4.31)a 1.56 (0.76–3.21) 2.46 (1.16–5.22)a 0.71 (0.30–1.64)
 Race/ethnicity
  Non-Hispanic white 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
  Hispanic/Latino 1.03 (0.37–2.88) 1.03 (0.33–3.20) 1.01 (0.40–2.58) 1.25 (0.47–3.30) 1.39 (0.53–3.62) 1.58 (0.59–4.23) 0.95 (0.31–2.87)
  Other race/ethnicity 2.31 (0.56–9.51) 2.46 (0.58–10.33) 0.92 (0.30–2.84) 1.09 (0.35–3.43) 0.86 (0.27–2.76) 0.37 (0.11–1.23) 3.26 (0.67–15.85)
Clinical characteristics
 Patient type
  Surgical 1.03 (0.30–3.54) 1.54 (0.41–5.80) 0.81 (0.28–2.30) 0.94 (0.33–2.63) 0.75 (0.26–2.11) 0.76 (0.24–2.40) 0.39 (0.08–1.94)
  Nonsurgical 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
 Primary teams
  Colorectal 1.62 (0.63–4.17) 1.35 (0.45–3.99) 2.29 (1.00–5.25)a 1.18 (0.52–2.65) 0.86 (0.37–1.95) 1.37 (0.56–3.31) 1.53 (0.54–4.29)
  General surgery/surgical oncology 1.04 (0.38–2.84) 1.30 (0.38–4.46) 1.27 (0.52–3.06) 1.48 (0.59–3.68) 0.48 (0.19–1.26) 1.03 (0.39–2.75) 0.85 (0.29–2.46)
  Otherb 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
 Symptoms
  Level of pain 0.98 (0.82–1.17) 1.20 (0.98–1.46) 1.05 (0.90–1.23) 0.98 (0.84–1.15) 0.91 (0.78–1.07) 0.94 (0.79–1.11) 0.92 (0.76–1.11)
  Nausea/vomiting 1.43 (0.64–3.20) 1.16 (0.47–2.85) 1.71 (0.86–3.41) 1.17 (0.59–2.32) 1.04 (0.50–2.14) 0.77 (0.36–1.62) 2.45 (0.98–6.11)

Odds ratios are adjusted for all other characteristics in the table.

a

p ≤ 0.05.

b

Category of “other” includes urology, gynecologic oncology, breast plastics, gynecology, medicine, otolaryngology, head and neck surgery.