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. 2021 Jun 29;14:1969–1980. doi: 10.2147/JPR.S298219

Table 4.

Pain Treatment Therapies

Variables Total Female Male p-value
Traditional Indigenous Medicine - n (%) (N=90) 0.128
 No 20 (22.2) 13 (28.9) 7 (15.6)
 Yes 70 (77.8) 32 (71.1) 38 (84.4)
Conventional Medicine with medical prescription - n (%) (N=90) 0.419
 No 17 (18.9) 10 (22.2) 7 (15.6)
 Yes 73 (81.1) 35 (77.8) 38 (84.4)
Conventional Medicine without medical prescription - n (%) (N=88) 0.522
 No 45 (51.1) 24 (54.5) 21 (47.7)
 Yes 43 (48.9) 20 (45.5) 23 (52.3)
Health care providers ask about the use of TIM - n (%) (N=86) 0.003*
 No 60 (69.8) 37 (84.1) 23 (54.8)
 Yes 26 (30.2) 7 (15.9) 19 (45.2)
Health care providers support the use of TIM - n (%) (N=67) 0.067
 No 33 (49.3) 19 (61.3) 14 (38.9)
 Yes 34 (50.7) 12 (38.7) 22 (61.1)

Notes: N or n = sample size; *Significance level < 0.050.