Table 2.
Pattern of CAM usage.
Variables | Total (N = 1190) |
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Type of Alternative treatments | |
Ayurveda | 428 (35.9) |
Yoga/Naturopathy | 381 (32.0) |
Homeopathy | 143 (12.0) |
Unani | 71 (5.9) |
Others (e.g. spiritual) | 167 (14.0) |
Reason for using CAM | |
Trust in CAM | 488 (41.0) |
Lack of awareness | 298 (25.0) |
Distrust on modern medicines | 250 (21.0) |
Fear of conventional treatment | 119 (10.0) |
Lack of access | 35 (3) |
Awareness of CAM | |
Friends and Family | 809 (67.9) |
Self-awareness from previous experience | 250 (21.0) |
Media and Others | 131 (11.0) |
Delay in conventional treatment | |
<6 months | 393 (33.0) |
>6 months | 797 (66.9) |
Use of CAM as | |
Alternative medicine | 1012 (85.0) |
Complementary medicine | 178 (14.9) |
Frequency of CAM use | |
Daily/regularly | 1083 (91.0) |
Occasionally | 83 (6.9) |
Once | 24 (2.0) |
Initial benefit form CAM | |
Benefitted | 702 (58.9) |
Not benefitted | 488 (41.0) |
Cessation of CAM | |
Progression of symptom | 762 (64.0) |
Side effects | 107 (8.9) |
Cost | 35 (2.9) |
Others | 286 (24.0) |
Data is presented as n%.