Research Article
Use of Chinese Herb Medicine in Cancer Patients: A Survey in Southwestern China
Table 1
Demographic characteristics and CHM use.
| Background | No. of patients | No. of Users | (%) | No. of nonusers | (%) | P (χ 2 test) |
| Total | 587 | 311 | (52.98) | 276 | (47.02) | | Age (years) | | | | | | 0.53 | <40 | 111 | 64 | (57.66) | 47 | (42.34) | | 40–60 | 290 | 149 | (51.38) | 141 | (48.62) | | >60 | 186 | 98 | (52.69) | 88 | (47.31) | | Gender | | | | | | 0.30 | Male | 355 | 182 | (51.27) | 173 | (48.73) | | Female | 232 | 129 | (55.60) | 103 | (44.40) | | Marital status | | | | | | 0.51 | Married | 533 | 286 | (53.66) | 247 | (46.34) | | Never | 28 | 12 | (42.86) | 16 | (57.14) | | Others | 26 | 13 | (50.00) | 13 | (50.00) | | Activity of daily living | | | | | | 0.10 | Free | 181 | 85 | (46.96) | 96 | (53.04) | | Somewhat limited | 249 | 143 | (57.43) | 106 | (42.57) | | Bed rest (≥50% of each day) | 157 | 83 | (52.87) | 74 | (47.13) | | Education (years) | | | | | | 0.02 | 0 | 23 | 12 | (52.17) | 11 | (47.83) | | −9 | 201 | 99 | (49.25) | 102 | (50.75) | | −12 | 179 | 85 | (47.49) | 94 | (52.51) | | ≥13 | 184 | 115 | (62.50) | 69 | (37.50) | | Practicing religion | | | | | | 0.12 | No | 496 | 256 | (51.61) | 240 | (48.39) | | Yes | 91 | 55 | (60.44) | 36 | (39.56) | | Annual income (RMB) | | | | | | 0.00 | −24000 | 378 | 183 | (48.41) | 195 | (51.59) | | −60000 | 167 | 104 | (62.28) | 63 | (37.72) | | −120000 | 32 | 21 | (65.63) | 11 | (34.38) | | >120000 | 10 | 3 | (30.00) | 7 | (70.00) | | Previous history of CHM use | | | | | | 0.00 | No | 298 | 83 | (27.85) | 215 | (72.15) | | Yes | 289 | 228 | (78.89) | 61 | (21.11) | | Staging | | | | | | 0.00 | Early stage | 305 | 176 | (57.70) | 129 | (42.30) | | Advanced stage | 282 | 135 | (47.87) | 147 | (52.13) | | Duration of cancer since diagnosis (months) | | | | | | 0.00 | −6 | 339 | 140 | (41.30) | 199 | (58.70) | | −24 | 161 | 99 | (61.49) | 62 | (38.51) | | −60 | 57 | 48 | (84.21) | 9 | (15.79) | | >60 | 30 | 24 | (80.00) | 6 | (20.00) | |
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