Research Article
Predictors of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use in Cancer Care: Results of a Nationwide Multicenter Survey in Korea
Table 1
Characteristics of cancer patients and complementary and alternative medicine use.
| Variables | Number of patients | Number of users | % | P ( test) |
| Total | 2661 | 678 | 25.5 | |
| Age (year) | | | | | 18–39 | 185 | 50 | 27.0 | | 40–59 | 1171 | 355 | 30.3 | | 60–69 | 791 | 176 | 22.3 | | 70+ | 514 | 97 | 18.9 | <0.001 | Gender | | | | | Male | 1412 | 316 | 22.4 | | Female | 1249 | 362 | 29.0 | <0.001 | Education | | | | | ≤Middle school | 1378 | 295 | 21.4 | | High school | 836 | 249 | 29.8 | | ≥College | 436 | 130 | 29.8 | <0.001 | Marital status | | | | | Married | 2212 | 577 | 26.1 | | Not married (single, divorced, and widowed) | 446 | 100 | 22.4 | 0.105 | Monthly household income | | | | | <1000 USD | 803 | 155 | 19.3 | | 1000–3000 USD | 1138 | 300 | 26.4 | | ≥3000 USD | 705 | 218 | 30.9 | <0.001 | National Health Insurance | | | | | National Health Insurance | 2297 | 594 | 25.9 | | Medicaid/none/others | 364 | 84 | 23.0 | 0.137 | Cancer type | | | | | Stomach | 464 | 103 | 22.2 | | Lung | 322 | 77 | 23.9 | | Liver | 254 | 70 | 27.6 | | Colon/rectum | 340 | 64 | 18.8 | | Breast | 379 | 146 | 38.5 | | Cervix | 113 | 31 | 27.4 | | Others | 789 | 187 | 23.7 | <0.001 | Metastasis | | | | | No | 1901 | 438 | 23.0 | | Yes | 637 | 202 | 31.7 | <0.001 | SEER stage | | | | | In situ and local | 1038 | 251 | 24.2 | | Regional | 918 | 235 | 25.6 | | Distant | 468 | 125 | 26.7 | | Unknown | 237 | 67 | 28.3 | 0.517 | Time since diagnosis | | | | | ≤12 months | 985 | 204 | 20.7 | | 12–36 months | 909 | 234 | 25.7 | | 36–60 months | 385 | 120 | 31.2 | | >60 months | 382 | 120 | 31.4 | <0.001 | Trust in doctor | | | | | Very | 2335 | 575 | 24.6 | | Somewhat | 292 | 88 | 31.1 | | Not at all | 34 | 15 | 44.1 | 0.005 | Trust in hospital | | | | | Very | 2125 | 514 | 24.2 | | Somewhat | 480 | 141 | 29.4 | | Not at all | 56 | 23 | 41.1 | 0.002 | Satisfaction with medical service | | | | | Very | 1837 | 439 | 23.9 | | Somewhat | 673 | 185 | 27.5 | | Not at all | 151 | 54 | 35.8 | 0.002 | EQ5D | | | | | No problem | 987 | 223 | 22.6 | | One or more problem | 1674 | 455 | 27.2 | 0.009 |
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