Research Article
Prevalence and Correlates of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use among Hypertensive Patients in Gondar Town, Ethiopia
Table 2
Types of CAM utilized by respondents, GURH, Ethiopia, 2016 (
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| | Type of CAM | Frequency (%) |
| | Biological based therapies | | | Herbal based medicine | 189 (67.5%) | | Honey | 123 (44.1%) | | Animal products | 97 (34.8%) | | Diet | 94 (33.7%) | | Natural products (vitamins and minerals) | 157 (56.3%) | | Manipulative and body based therapies | | | Exercise | 159 (50.9%) | | Massage | 74 (26.5%) | | Relaxation | 24 (8.6%) | | Mind/body intervention | | | Fasting | 64 (22.9%) | | Prayers | 85 (30.5%) | | Tsebel (holy water used by orthodox Christians) | 97 (34.8%) | | Listening to music | 19 (6.7%) |
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