Research Article
Patterns of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use, Perceived Benefits, and Adverse Effects among Adult Users in Enugu Urban, Southeast Nigeria
Table 1
Demographic characteristics of CAM users and nonusers
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| | Parameters | CAM users | Non-CAM users | value* |
| | Sex | | | 0.004* | | Male | 244 (39.4%) | 28 (25%) | | | Female | 376 (60.6%) | 84 (75%) | | | Age in years | | | 0.267 | | 18–25 | 76 (12.3%) | 18 (16.0%) | | | 26–33 | 189 (30.5%) | 29 (25.9%) | | | 34–41 | 184 (29.6%) | 25 (22.3%) | | | 42–49 | 71 (11.5%) | 14 (12.5%) | | | 50–57 | 40 (6.5%) | 10 (8.9%) | | | 58–65 | 60 (9.6%) | 16 (14.3%) | | | Total | 620 | 112 | | | Mean age | 37.4 years | 38.7 years | | | Marital status | | | 0.030* | | Never married | 213 (34.7%) | 33 (29.5%) | | | Married | 370 (59.7%) | 60 (83.6%) | | | Divorced/separated | 9 (1.4) | 3 (2.7%) | | | Widow/widower | 28 (4.5%) | 12 (0.7%) | | | Level of education | | |
0.056* | | No formal | 6 (10%) | 5 (4.4%) | | | Primary | 25 (4.0%) | 7 (6.3%) | | | Postprimary | 226 (36.5%) | 46 (41.1%) | | | Tertiary | 363 (58.5%) | 54 (48.2%) | | | Level of income | | | 0.014* | | Low income (≤#50,000/month) | 479 (77.2%) | 63 (56.2%) | | | Middle income (#50,000–100,000/month) | 111 (18.9%) | 30 (26.8%) | | | High income (≥#100,000) | 24 (3.9%) | 6 (5.4%) | | | Religion | | | | | Christianity | 616 (99.3%) | 111 (99.1) | | | Moslem | 1 (0.2%) | 1 (0.9%) | | | Traditional religion | 3 (0.5%) | 0 | |
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Significance at 0.05 level.
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