Table 4.
Disposition to integrate traditional and complementary (T&CM) medicine practice into mainstream medicine
| Demographic variables | Integrate T&CM into the national health system | OR | ||
| Yes, N | No, N | Crude OR (95% CI) | Adjusted OR (95% CI) | |
| Sex, n=328 | 219 | 109 | ||
| Male | 149 (63.9) | 84 (36.1) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Female | 70 (73.7) | 25 (26.3) | 1.58 (0.93 to 2.68) | 1.67 (0.92 to 3.03) |
| Age group (years), n=314 | 209 | 105 | ||
| 19–22 | 74 (64.4) | 41 (35.6) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| 23–26 | 105 (67.7) | 50 (32.3) | 1.16 (0.70 to 1.94) | 1.68 (0.82 to 3.44) |
| ≥27 | 30 (68.2) | 14 (31.8) | 1.19 (0.57 to 2.49) | 1.61 (0.68 to 3.84) |
| Years of study, n=326 | 218 | 108 | ||
| Second | 71 (75.5) | 23 (24.5) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| third | 51 (54.8) | 42 (45.2) | 0.39 (0.21 to 0.73) | 0.40 (0.20 to 0.80) |
| fourth | 53 (72.6) | 20 (27.4) | 0.86 (0.43 to 1.72) | 0.77 (0.31 to 1.89) |
| fifth | 43 (65.2) | 23 (34.8) | 0.61 (0.30 to 1.21) | 0.45 (0.18 to 1.10) |
| Region of origin of student, n=322 | 215 | 107 | ||
| Northern | 14 (58.3) | 10 (41.7) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| North Eastern | 6 (54.6) | 5 (45.4) | 0.85 (0.20 to 3.61) | 0.95 (0.22 to 4.13) |
| Eastern | 39 (66.1) | 20 (33.9) | 1.39 (0.53 to 3.69) | 1.42 (0.51 to 3.92) |
| West Nile | 10 (83.3) | 2 (16.7) | 3.57 (0.64 to 19.97) | 3.05 (0.50 to 8.40) |
| Mid-Western | 16 (64.0) | 9 (36.0) | 1.27 (0.40 to 4.02) | 1.42 (0.43 to 4.67) |
| South Western | 23 (62.2) | 14 (37.8) | 1.17 (0.41 to 3.35) | 1.34 (0.44 to 4.07) |
| Central | 105 (71.4) | 42 (28.6) | 1.79 (0.74 to 4.33) | 2.05 (0.81 to 5.16) |
| Missing | 2 (28.6) | 5 (71.4) | 0.29 (0.05 to 1.78) | 0.38 (0.06 to 2.61) |
*Adjusted for the demographic factors included in the table.