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

Table 4

Predictors of CAM use among respondents using regression analysis, GURH, Ethiopia, 2016 ().

Variables	CAM use		Logistic regression analysis
	Yes	No	COR (95% CI)	AOR (95% CI)
Residence
Urban	106	119	1	1
Rural	173	14	3.34 ()	2.14 (1.162, 5.153)
Sex
Male	115	52	2.45 ()	2.23 (1.173, 6.142)
Female	164	81	1	1
Educational status
No formal education	123	19	1	1
Primary	54	64	1.698 (1.875–3.295)	1.993 (0.404–3.224)
Secondary	50	33	1.1921 (1.025–2.171)	2.141 (1.872–5.217)
University	34	35	3.124 (1.737–5.872)	3.140 (1.374–5.245)
Average monthly income
<100	219	50	3.179 (1.944–5.566)	2.076 (1.322–7.566)
100–150	55	28	2.139 (1.064–4.298)	1.597 (1.142–5.422)
>150	5	55	1	1
Presence of HTN complications
No	83	85	1	1
Yes	196	48	4.593 (1.261–1.348)	3.236 (1.171–5.113)
Family history of HTN
No	58	44	1	1
Yes	221	89	2.942 (1.603–6.552)	2.673 (1.583–6.716)