Prevalence and Correlates of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use among Hypertensive Patients in Gondar Town, Ethiopia
Table 1
Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of respondents, Gondar, 2016 ().
Variables
Overall ()
CAM users ()
Non-CAM users ()
value
Age
0.124
Mean (SD)
60.6 (10.6)
53.6 (10.6)
Sex
Male
167 (40.5%)
115 (41.2%)
52 (39.1%)
Female
245 (59.5%)
164 (58.8%)
81 (60.9%)
Residence
Urban
225 (54.6%)
106 (37.9)
119 (89.5%)
Rural
187 (45.4%)
173 (62.1%)
14 (10.5%)
Educational status
No formal education
142 (34.5%)
123 (44.1%)
19 (14.3%)
Primary
118 (28.6%)
54 (19.3%)
64 (48.2%)
Secondary
83 (20.1%)
50 (17.9%)
33 (24.8%)
University
69 (16.7%)
34 (12.3%)
35 (26.3%)
BMI (kg/m2)
0.229
Mean (SD)
28.4 (5.4)
29.8 (5.2)
26.9 (5.6)
Marital status
0.431
Single
17 (4.1%)
9 (3.2%)
8 (6%)
Married
283 (69.8%)
222 (79.5%)
61 (45.9%)
Widowed
97 (23.5%)
36 (12.9%)
61 (45.9%)
Divorced/separated
15 (3.6%)
12 (4.3%)
3 (2.2%)
Average monthly income
<100 USD
269 (65.3%)
219 (78.5%)
50 (37.6%)
100–150 USD
83 (20.1%)
55 (19.7%)
28 (21.1%)
>150 USD
60 (14.6%)
5 (1.7%)
55 (41.3%)
Employment status
0.273
Self-employed
60 (14.6%)
40 (14.3%)
20 (15.1%)
Government-employed
107 (26%)
70 (25.1%)
37 (27.8%)
Unemployed
245 (59.4%)
169 (60.6%)
76 (57.1%)
Religion
0.328
Orthodox
354 (85.9%)
274 (98.2%)
80 (60.1%)
Muslim
38 (9.2%)
3 (1.1%)
35 (26.3%)
Others
20 (4.8%)
2 (0.7%)
18 (13.6%)
Duration of disease
0.432
≤5 years
115 (27.9%)
32 (11.5%)
83 (62.4%)
>5 years
297 (72.1%)
247 (88.5%)
50 (37.6%)
Presence of HTN complications
No
168 (40.8%)
83 (29.8%)
85 (63.9%)
Yes
244 (59.2%)
196 (70.2%)
48 (36.1%)
Family history of HTN
No
102 (24.5%)
58 (20.8%)
44 (32.3%)
Yes
310 (75.5%)
221 (79.2%)
89 (66.9%)
Significant association ( value less than 0.05). Jehovah Witnesses, Catholic, and Protestant. HTN: hypertension; CAM: complementary and alternative medicine.
