Table 3.

Prevalence of 12-month CAM use for mental illness in Singapore by ethnicity

	Chinese		Malay		Indian		Total
	Weighted %	95% CI	Weighted %	95% CI	Weighted %	95% CI	Weighted %	95% CI	p
Overall, any CAM use	5.9	4.9–7.1	8.1	6.9–9.6	7.6	6.4–9.0	6.4	5.6–7.3	0.008
Prayer or other spiritual practices	2.0	1.4–2.8	5.5	4.5–6.7	4.2	3.3–5.3	2.7	2.2–3.3	< 0.001
Exercise or movement therapy	1.9	1.3–2.6	1.6	1.1–2.3	2.0	1.4–2.8	1.9	1.4–2.4	0.769
Massage therapy	1.6	1.1–2.3	1.9	1.3–2.7	1.7	1.2–2.4	1.6	1.2–2.1	0.786
Relaxation or meditation techniques	1.5	1.0–2.2	0.8	0.4–1.3	2.1	1.5–2.9	1.5	1.1–2.0	0.071
Acupuncture	0.6	0.3–1.1	0.5	0.3–1.0	0.5	0.3–0.9	0.6	0.4–1.0	0.835
Special diets	0.3	0.1–0.7	0.5	0.2–1.0	0.2	0.1–0.6	0.3	0.1–0.6	0.528
Any other non-traditional remedy or therapy	0.3	0.1–0.7	0.1	0.0–0.5	0.1	0.0–0.6	0.2	0.1–0.5	0.331
Spiritual healing by others	0.2	0.1–0.6	0.3	0.1–0.8	0.5	0.3–1.0	0.2	0.1–0.5	0.323
Chiropractic	0.2	0.1–0.5	0.2	0.1–0.6	0.1	0.03–0.5	0.2	0.1–0.4	0.607
Herbal therapy	0.1	0.03–0.5	0.2	0.1–0.5	0.03	0.004–0.2	0.1	0.05–0.3	0.152
High dose mega-vitamins	0.1	0.03–0.5	0.05	0.01–0.3	0	NA	0.1	0.03–0.4	0.587
Homeopathy	0	NA	0.2	0.1–0.5	0.2	0.05–0.6	0.1	0.03–0.1	< 0.001
Biofeedback	0.1	0.01–0.4	0	NA	0	NA	0.04	0.01–0.3	0.571
Energy healing	0	NA	0.1	0.03–0.5	0.1	0.03–.5	0.04	0.02–0.1	< 0.001
Hypnosis	0	NA	0.1	0.01–0.4	0	NA	0.007	0.001–0.05	0.008