Research Article
A Survey of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use in Cancer Patients Treated with Radiotherapy in Thailand
Table 1
Patient characteristic of CAM users and non-CAM users.
| | Characteristics | CAM users (%)
151 (60.9) | Non-CAM user (%)
113 (39.1) | value |
| | Sex | | |
0.254 | | Male | 47 (56) | 37 (44) | | | Female | 104 (63.4) | 60 (36.4) | | | Mean age | 53.7 yrs | 54.3 yrs |
0.728 | | Marital status | | |
0.155 | | Single | 21 (63.6) | 12 (36.4) | | | Married | 100 (57.1) | 75 (42.9) | | | Widowed/divorced | 28 (73.7) | 10 (26.3) | | | Education status | | |
0.327 | | Primary school or lower | 61 (55.4) | 49 (44.6) | | | Secondary/vocational school | 43 (65.2) | 23 (34.8) | | | Bachelor or higher | 46 (66.7) | 23 (33.3) | | | Occupation | | |
0.374 | | Unemployed/retired/housewife | 61 (55.4) | 49 (44.6) | | | Employee | 28 (71.8) | 11 (28.2) | | | Government official | 25 (71.4) | 10 (28.6) | | | Business owner | 18 (58.1) | 13 (41.9) | | | Agriculturist | 17 (56.7) | 13 (43.3) | | | Income (USD/month) | | |
0.001* | | Less than 166 | 38 (46.3) | 44 (53.7) | | | 167–333 | 32 (60.4) | 21 (39.6) | | | 334–666 | 40 (71.4) | 16 (28.6) | | | More than 666 | 41 (71.9) | 16 (28.1) | | | Cancer type | | |
0.019* | | Breast | 38 (61.29) | 24 (38.71) | | | Genitourinary | 36 (67.9) | 17 (32.1) | | | Head and neck | 31 (60.8) | 20 (39.2) | | | Gastrointestinal | 8 (34.8) | 15 (65.2) | | | Lung | 11 (78.6) | 3 (21.4) | | | Brain | 13 (86.7) | 2 (13.3) | | | Others | 7 (41.2) | 10 (58.8) | | | Not know/uncertain | 7 (53.8) | 6 (46.2) | | | Cancer stage | | |
0.761 | | Stage I | 33 (58.9) | 23 (41.1) | | | Stage II | 40 (58.8) | 28 (41.2) | | | Stage III | 29 (51.8) | 27 (48.2) | | | Stage IV | 12 (50) | 12 (50) | | | Do not know/uncertain | 32 (86.5) | 5 (13.5) | |
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