The Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine among Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease Is Associated with Reduced Health-Related Quality of Life

Table 4

Mean SF-36 dimensional scores with 95% confidence intervals in IBD patients.

	All patients	CAM users	Non-CAM users
PF	86	84	88	0.037
RP	55	47	61	0.011
BP	64	60	67	0.050
GH	55	51	59	0.008
VT	46	42	50	0.027
SF	73	68	77	0.009
RE	70	65	74	0.079
MH	75	72	76	0.065

IBD: inflammatory bowel disease; CAM: complementary and alternative medicine.
PF: physical function, RP: role physical, BP: bodily pain, GH: general health, VT: vitality, SF: social function, RE: role emotional, and MH: mental health.
for age, gender, and education.
value estimated between CAM users and nonusers.