Total population | Visits to T&CM providers | No visits to T&CM providers | P-value | ||||
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(N = 1553) | % | (n = 155) | % | (n = 1398) | % | ||
Cancer | |||||||
Cancer now | 375 | 24.1 | 52 | 33.5 | 323 | 23.1 | .0041 |
Cancer previously | 1178 | 75.9 | 103 | 66.5 | 1075 | 76.9 | |
Self-reported health (scale 0-100) | |||||||
Mean (SD) | 71.28 (17.541) | 69.67 (17.11) | 71.46 (17.59) | .2362 | |||
Self-reported health (n, %) | .5883 | ||||||
Good | 889 | 88.4 | 77 | 86.5 | 812 | 88.5 | |
Neither | 107 | 10.6 | 11 | 12.4 | 96 | 10.5 | |
Bad | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1.1 | 9 | 1 | |
Level of pain/discomfort (n, %) | .0851 | ||||||
None/slight | 438 | 33.5 | 31 | 24.8 | 407 | 34.4 | |
Moderate | 796 | 60.9 | 85 | 68 | 711 | 60.2 | |
Severe | 73 | 5.6 | 9 | 7.2 | 64 | 5.4 | |
Feeling anxiety/depression (n, %) | .0143 | ||||||
None/slight | 1148 | 78.5 | 102 | 69.4 | 1046 | 79.5 | |
Moderate | 301 | 20.6 | 43 | 29.3 | 258 | 19.6 | |
Severe | 14 | 1 | 2 | 1.4 | 12 | 0.9 | |
Visits to T&CM providers | |||||||
Acupuncturist (n, %) | 69 | 4.5 | 69 | 46.6 | – | ||
Mean number of visits to acupuncturist (SD) | 7.24 (10.258) | ||||||
Traditional healer (n, %) | 59 | 3.8 | 59 | 40.1 | – | ||
Mean number of visits to traditional healer (SD) | 1,54 (1.206) | ||||||
Other CM providers (n,%) | 62 | 4.0 | 62 | 41.1 | – | ||
Mean number of visits to other CM providers (SD) | 4.96 (6.120) | ||||||
Visiting T&CM providers (n,%) | 155 | 10.0 | 155 | 100.0 | |||
Mean overall visits to T&CM providers (SD) | 5.64 (8.982) | ||||||
Use of conventional health care services last year | |||||||
Seen a GP | 1396 | 90.2 | 144 | 93.5 | 1252 | 89.6 | .1501 |
Mean number of visits to GPs (SD) | 4.07 (3.758) | 5.21 (4.52) | 3.94 (3.64) | .0022 | |||
Been to ER | 269 | 17.7 | 42 | 29.2 | 227 | 16.5 | <.0011 |
Mean number of visits to ERs (SD) | 1.48 (1.102) | 1.73 (1.633) | 1.44 (0.966) | .2872 | |||
Seen a psychologist/psychiatrist | 60 | 4 | 13 | 8.9 | 47 | 3.4 | .0011 |
Mean number of visits to psychologist/psychiatrist (SD) | 6.37 (7.544) | 4.85 (7.255) | 6.82 (7.650) | .4132 | |||
Seen a specialist other than GP | 390 | 26 | 43 | 30.1 | 347 | 25.6 | .2411 |
Mean number of visits to specialist other than GP (SD) | 2.13 (5.407) | 1.90 (1.518) | 2.16 (5.699) | .7722 | |||
Seen a physiotherapist | 406 | 26.4 | 59 | 40.1 | 347 | 25.0 | <.0011 |
Mean number of visits to physiotherapist (SD) | 11.79 (12.894) | 12.40 (16.102) | 11.7 (12.363) | .7282 | |||
Seen a chiropractor | 109 | 7.1 | 25 | 17.0 | 84 | 6.0 | <.0011 |
Mean number of visits to chiropractors (SD) | 5.79 (8.334) | 4.79 (5.051) | 6.03 (8.954) | .5642 | |||
Hospital admissions | 376 | 24.4 | 48 | 31.4 | 328 | 23.6 | .0351 |
Mean number of admissions to hospitals (SD) | 2.35 (3.756) | 2.33 (2.077) | 2.35 (3.947) | .9612 | |||
Out-patient psychiatric clinic | 42 | 3.1 | 5 | 3.8 | 37 | 3.0 | .599 3 |
Mean number of visits to out-patient psychiatric clinic (SD) | 6 (13.463) | 4.75 (3.862) | 6.19 (14.428) | .8462 | |||
Out-Patient General Clinic | 817 | 54 | 89 | 61 | 728 | 53.3 | .0771 |
Mean number of visits to out-patient general Clinic (SD) | 3.47 (5.917) | 3.74 (5.136) | 3.43 (6.012) | .6432 | |||
Overall use of conventional health care services | 1472 | 94.8 | 152 | 98.1 | 1320 | 94.5 | .0561 |
Mean number of visits to conventional providers (SD) | 8.63 (11.052) | 11.45 (13.477) | 8.31 (10.698) | .00382 | |||
Overall use of traditional, complementary and conventional health care services | 1475 | 95 | 155 | 100 | 1320 | 94.5 | .0031 |
Mean number of visits to traditional, complementary and conventional health care services (SD) | 9.15 (11.848) | 16.04 (17.347) | 8.31(10.698) | < 0.0012 |