Research Article
Traditional Medicine Use among Type 2 Diabetes Patients in KZN
Table 1
Demographic profile of type 2 diabetes mellitus patients stratified by traditional medicine use (N = 340).
| | Characteristics | Total n (%) | Traditional medicine use | | Yes n (%) | No n (%) |
| | Gender | | | | | Male | 96 (28.24) | 23 (25.00) | 73 (29.44) | | Female | 244 (71.76) | 69 (75.00) | 175 (70.56) |
| | Race | | | | | Indian | 162 (48.36) | 53 (58.24) | 109 (44.67) | | African | 173 (51.64) | 38 (41.76) | 135 (55.33) |
| | Age category (years) | | | | | 45–59 | 163 (47.94) | 40 (43.48) | 123 (49.60) | | 60–75 | 133 (39.12) | 38 (41.30) | 95 (38.31) | | Above 75 | 44 (12.94) | 14 (15.22) | 30 (12.10) |
| | Religion | | | | | Hindu | 67 (19.71) | 24 (26.09) | 43 (17.34) | | Muslim | 19 (5.59) | 6 (6.52) | 13 (5.24) | | Christian | 184 (54.12) | 45 (48.91) | 139 (56.05) | | Other | 70 (20.59) | 17 (18.48) | 53 (21.37) |
| | Educational level | | | | | No education | 32 (9.44) | 9 (9.78) | 23 (9.31) | | Primary | 117 (34.51) | 28 (30.43) | 89 (36.03) | | Secondary | 180 (53.10) | 54 (58.70) | 126 (51.01) | | Undergraduate | 7 (2.06) | 1 (1.09) | 6 (2.43) | | Postgraduate | 3 (0.88) | 0 | 3 (1.21) |
| | Occupation | | | | | Farmer/labourer | 2 (0.59) | 0 | 2 (0.81) | | Domestic worker | 15 (4.42) | 4 (4.35) | 11 (4.45) | | Housewife | 49 (14.45) | 19 (20.65) | 30 (12.15) | | Unemployed | 117 (34.51) | 23 (25.00) | 94 (38.06) | | Retail | 9 (2.65) | 4 (4.35) | 5 (2.02)) | | Retired | 76 (22.42) | 20 (21.74) | 56 (22.67) | | Pensioner | 38 (11.21) | 10 (10.87) | 28 (11.34) | | Other | 33 (9.73) | 12 (13.04) | 21 (8.50) |
| | Residence | | | | | Informal settlement | 309 (91.42) | 83 (91.21) | 226 (91.50) | | Formal housing | 29 (8.58) | 8 (8.79) | 21 (8.50) |
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was considered statistically significant. There were missing data in some categories. |
