Research Article
Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine among People with Type 2 Diabetes in Taiwan: A Cross-Sectional Survey
Table 3
Comparative frequency of use of CAM modalities before- and after-diagnosis with Type 2 diabetes.
| | CAM modalities | Before diagnosis
% | After diagnosis
% | P value |
| | Whole medical systems | | | | | Acupuncture | 5.5 | 6.7 | | | Homeopathy | 0.0 | 0.0 | NA |
| | Biologically based practices | | | | | Chinese herbal medicines | 8.0 | 27.9 | .001 | | Nutritional supplements | 8.6 | 41.1 | .001 | | Diet modification | | 13.2 | | | Non-Chinese herbs | | 3.4 | |
| | Manipulative- and body-based practices | | | | | Cupping, scraping | 5.8 | 6.4 | | | Manipulative-based therapies | 4.6 | 13.5 | .001
| | Folk therapies | | 0.6 | |
| | Energy medicine | | | | | Biofield therapy | | 9.2 | .001
| | Bioelectromagnetic-based therapies | 3.7 | 10.1 | |
| | Mind-body medicine | | | | | Supernatural healings | | 11.0 | .001
| | Mind-body therapies | | 3.7 | | | Aromatherapy | | | |
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Cells have expected count less than 5.
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