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Table 2 Contingency table of Patient characteristics and CAM use

From: Characteristics of users and implications for the use of complementary and alternative medicine in Ghanaian cancer patients undergoing radiotherapy and chemotherapy: a cross- sectional study

 

CAM

USE

 

chi square

observed

expected

p-value

(X2)

Male

    

Yes

29

36.7

  

No

43

35.3

  

Sex

  

0.004

8.206

Female

    

Yes

19

13.3

  

No

7

12.7

  

>50

27

25.7

  

Yes

    

No

45

46.3

  

Age Range

  

0.539

0.385

≤50

    

Yes

18

16.7

  

No

8

9.3

  

Married

    

Yes

42

40.4

  

No

30

31.6

0.463

0.561

Marital Status

    

Single and Divorce

    

Yes

13

14.6

  

No

13

11.4

  

Basic

    

Yes

35

36.7

  

No

37

35.3

0.427

0.63

Level of Education

    

Secondary and Tertiary

    

Yes

15

13.3

  

No

11

12.7

  

Head and Neck

    

Yes

12

10

  

No

17

14

  

Breast

    

Yes

38

34

  

No

5

14

0.665

21.9

Cancer Cases

3

5

  

Abdomino-Pelvic

    

Yes

    

No

4

7

  

Other

    

Yes

13

17

  

No

16

7

  

Curative

47

47.9

  

Yes

    

No

19

15.5

  

Treatment Intent

  

0.032

6.9

Palliative

    

Yes

21

20.1

  

No

3

6.51

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