Use of Complementary Alternative Medicine and the Associated Factors among Patients with Depression

Table 2

Sociodemographics correlation of CAM use.

Associated factors	Crude R 95% cl	Adjusted R 95% cl	value
Gender
Male	1	1	0.039
Female	1.69 (0.95, 3.04)	1.93 (1.03, 3.58)
BMI
Normal	1	1
Overweight	2.04 (1.15, 3.61)	1.95 (1.08, 3.55)	0.028
Obese	2.49 (1.35, 4.60)	2.07 (1.08, 3.99)	0.029
Hospitalization history
No	1	1	0.095
Yes	1.41 (0.79, 2.49)	1.72 (0.91, 3.25)
Duration of disease, more than 3 years (year)
No	1	1	0.048
Yes	1.62 (1.01, 2.59)	1.73 (1.005, 2.99)
Age
≤35	1	1
35 to 50	1.48 (0.88, 2.51)	1.25 (0.69, 2.27)	0.462
>50	0.79 (0.40, 1.56)	0.55 (0.25, 1.20)	0.133
Job
Unemployment	1	1
Self-employment	0.39 (0.17, 0.89)	0.416 (0.18, 0.98)	0.044
Employment	1.14 (0.61, 2.14)	1.36 (0.70, 2.65)	0.362

Logistic regression; CAM : Complementary Alternative Medicine.