Prevalence and Perspectives of Complementary and Alternative Medicine among University Students in Atlanta, Newcastle upon Tyne, and New Delhi

Table 5

Comparison of the observed number and percentage (in parentheses) of responses from each city to bivariable question analysis. Positive response values are given in the table. The remaining responses (1 − positive response percentage) reflect negative responses, uncertainty, and no response.  values that are in bold are statistically significant (). Percentage values were rounded to the closest whole number to reflect how the values were entered on GraphPad. Calculations were made on 2 × 1 contingencies tables with a 50% expected value if (no difference between the positive and negative responses) is true for a binary analysis. The  values are comparing positive response percentages with negative response percentages within the same city to determine if there is any significant opinion that could be correlated with the culture of the city. Collective  values were calculated using ANOVA analysis.

		Atlanta	New Delhi	Newcastle upon Tyne	Collective
Gender	Male	30 (31%)	40 (36%)	32 (31%)	102 (33%)
	Female	70 (69%)	71 (64%)	71 (69%)	212 (68%)
Used home remedies		68 (68%)	91 (82%)	61 (60%)	220 (70%)
	value	0.0003	<0.0001	0.0719	<0.0001
Thought CAM is beneficial		54 (54%)	63 (57%)	53 (52%)	170 (54%)
	value	0.4237	0.1615	0.6892	0.4237
Were satisfied with local healthcare system		15 (15%)	8 (7%)	46 (45%)	69 (22%)
	value	<0.0001	<0.0001	0.3173	<0.0001
Thought CAM can substitute allopathic medicine		22 (22%)	39 (35%)	16 (16%)	77 (25%)
	value	<0.0001	0.0027	<0.0001	<0.0001
Thought CAM should be integrated in the healthcare system		51 (51%)	63 (57%)	38 (37%)	152 (48%)
	value	0.8415	0.1615	0.0093	0.6892
Thought CAM incorporation will make healthcare more affordable		52 (52%)	61 (55%)	33 (32%)	146 (46%)
	value	0.6892	0.0278	0.0003	0.4237
Used CAM at least once in their life		88 (88%)	102 (92%)	99 (96%)	289 (92%)
	value	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001