Table 4.
The psychosomatic symptoms of terminally ill cancer patients and its association with CAM usage.
| Variable | CAM user with prayer |
Statistic test
(P-value) |
CAM user without prayer |
Statistic test
(P-value) |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Yes
(Mean/SD) |
No
(Mean/SD) |
Yes
(Mean/SD) |
No
(Mean/SD) |
||||
| Edmonton symptom assessment scale | Pain | 2.49 (3.06) | 2.28 (2.43) | Z = −0.30 (0.76) | 2.52 (3.27) | 2.43 (2.77) | Z = −0.91 (0.36) |
| Activity | 3.44 (3.27) | 2.14 (2.32) | Z = −1.71 (0.09) | 4.16 (3.66) | 2.64 (2.65) | Z = −2.44 (0.02) | |
| Nausea | 1.69 (2.73) | 1.18 (2.0) | Z = −0.34 (0.73) | 2.30 (3.17) | 1.14 (2.08) | Z = −2.19 (0.03) | |
| Depression | 1.40 (2.48) | 1.54 (2.30) | Z = −1.46 (0.14) | 1.74 (2.87) | 1.20 (2.08) | Z = −0.08 (0.94) | |
| Anxiety | 1.93 (2.64) | 1.71 (2.39) | Z = −0.02 (0.98) | 2.21 (3.02) | 1.68 (2.26) | Z = −0.57 (0.57) | |
| Drowsiness | 2.85 ± 2.78 | 1.89 (2.42) | Z = −1.86 (0.06) | 3.30 (3.0) | 2.31 (2.49) | Z = −2.49 (0.01) | |
| Lack of appetite | 3.28 (3.08) | 2.14 (2.63) | Z = −1.91 (0.06) | 3.63 (3.38) | 2.77 (2.73) | Z = −1.55 (0.12) | |
| Wellbeing | 3.41 (2.88) | 2.96 (2.44) | Z = −0.54 (0.59) | 3.92 (3.01) | 2.95 (2.62) | Z = −2.26 (0.02) | |
| Shortness of breath | 1.20 (2.24) | 1.25 (2.42) | Z = −0.04 (0.96) | 0.79 (1.73) | 1.51 (2.54) | Z = −2.19 (0.03) | |
| Other symptoms | 1.16 (2.29) | 1.61 (2.66) | Z = −1.07 (0.28) | 0.42 (1.23) | 1.79 (2.76) | Z = −3.97 (<0.001) | |
| Total score | 22.76 (17.56) | 18.71 (17.57) | t = −1.14 (0.26) | 24.76 (19.51) | 20.42 (15.85) | Z = −1.28 (0.20) | |
| Hospital anxietyand depressionscale | Anxiety | 2.52 (2.39) | 3.21 (2.88) | Z = −1.14 (0.26) | 2.53 (2.25) | 2.67 (2.61) | Z = −0.01 (0.99) |
| Depression | 3.55 (3.23) | 3.29 (2.90) | Z = −0.32 (0.75) | 3.92 (3.36) | 3.23 (3.03) | Z = −1.59 (0.11) | |
| Total score | 6.08 (4.97) | 6.50 (5.25) | t = 0.42 (0.68) | 6.45 (4.98) | 5.90 (5.0) | t = −0.81 (0.42) | |
SD, Standard deviation; t, Independent t test; Z, Mann–Whitney U.