Table 4.
TCAM self-help practices
| Variable | Motivation | Helpfulness | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Used (N, %) | Acute illness (%) | Long term illness (%) | To improve well-being (%) | Very/somewhat (%) | |
| Prayer for own health | |||||
| All | 1346 (30.1) | 6.5 | 12.1 | 81.4 | 35.5/35.3 |
| Cambodia | 571 (35.9) | 13.9 | 7.7 | 79.4 | 1.9/48.9 |
| Thailand | 523 (40.0) | 0.6 | 12.3 | 87.2 | 78.2/18.0 |
| Vietnam | 352 (16.1) | 2.0 | 21.8 | 76.1 | 23.0/40.7 |
| Meditation | |||||
| All | 619 (13.9) | 2.8 | 13.8 | 83.5 | 61.1/31.1 |
| Cambodia | 145 (9.1) | 2.8 | 4.8 | 92.4 | 23.4/70.3 |
| Thailand | 383 (29.0) | 2.4 | 16.3 | 81.5 | 78.5/17.8 |
| Vietnam | 91 (5.9) | 4.4 | 17.8 | 77.7 | 47.8/24.4 |
| Relaxation techniques | |||||
| All | 475 (10.9) | 2.1 | 11.6 | 86.2 | 33.8/41.9 |
| Cambodia | 287 (18.1) | 1.7 | 3.1 | 95.1 | 19.6/47.9 |
| Thailand | 100 (8.1) | 0.0 | 23.0 | 77.0 | 69.0/26.0 |
| Vietnam | 88 (5.7) | 5.7 | 26.4 | 75.7 | 40.2/40.2 |
| Visualization | |||||
| All | 421 (9.8) | 1.0 | 2.4 | 96.7 | 5.7/41.3 |
| Cambodia | 402 (25.6) | 0.7 | 1.5 | 78.8 | 5.2/41.0 |
| Thailand | 3 (0.3) | 0.0 | 66.7 | 33.3 | 33.3/66.7 |
| Vietnam | 16 (1.1) | 6.2 | 12.5 | 43.8 | 12.5/43.1 |
| Yoga | |||||
| All | 233 (5.4) | 1.3 | 12.1 | 86.6 | 41.8/40.9 |
| Cambodia | 97 (6.1) | 3.1 | 5.2 | 91.7 | 7.2/69.1 |
| Thailand | 69 (5.6) | 0.0 | 2.9 | 97.1 | 73.5/16.2 |
| Vietnam | 67 (4.4) | 0.0 | 31.3 | 68.6 | 59.7/25.4 |