Prevalence and Correlates of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use among Hypertensive Patients in Gondar Town, Ethiopia

Table 3

Prevalence and characteristics of CAM use among respondents, GURH, Ethiopia, 2016 ().

Variables	Frequency (%)
CAM use since diagnosis
No	133 (32.2%)
Yes	279 (67.8%)
How do you use CAM?
Complementary to modern medicine	210 (75.3%)
Alternative to modern medicine	22 (7.9%)
Both	47 (16.8%)
Who recommended you to use CAM?
Traditional herbalist	105 (37.6%)
Families and friends	85 (30.5%)
Patients used CAM	55 (19.7%)
Health care professionals	13 (4.6%)
Others	21 (7.5%)
Reasons for CAM use
The tradition in resident area encourages CAM use	50 (17.9%)
Belief in advantages of CAM	73 (26.2%)
Accessibility (availability)	45 (16.1%)
For the treatment of other medical conditions	20 (7.2%)
Dissatisfaction with modern medicine	77 (27.6%)
Others	14 (5.0%)
Reasons for not using CAM among nonusers
Additional burden	21 (15.7%)
Afraid of side effect	53 (39.8%)
The doctor did not recommend (prescribe) it	29 (21.8%)
Lack of belief in its effectiveness	30 (22.7%)
Disclosure for health care professionals (HCPs)
No	196 (70.2%)
Yes	83 (29.8%)
Reason for not disclosing
Fear of response of HCPs	192 (68.8%)
Not necessary	23 (8.3%)
Insufficient information of CAM	64 (22.9%)
Apparent side effects
No	223 (79.9%)
Yes	56 (20.1%)
Satisfaction
Satisfied	135 (48.4%)
Average	105 (37.6%)
Dissatisfied	39 (14%)

Religious teachers and social media; no clinic near the house.
HCPs: Health care professionals.