Research Article
Use of Complementary Alternative Medicine and the Associated Factors among Patients with Depression
Table 5
Reasons for CAM use in depression disorder patients.
| | Reasons for CAM use | Total, n (%) 113 (100) | Male, n (%) 20 (17.7) | Female, n (%) 93 (82.3) |
| | Effectiveness | 71 (62.8) | 16 (22.5) | 55 (77.5) | | Accessibility | 25 (22.1) | 2 (8) | 23 (92) | | Harmless | 8 (7.1) | 1 (12.5) | 7 (87.5) | | Unhappy with conventional medical treatment | 9 (8) | 1 (11.1) | 8 (88.9) |
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CAM : Complementary Alternative Medicine.
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