Table 4 Predictors of CAM use among patients with dengue fever (N = 306)
Variables | OR | 95 % C.I. | Sig. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Lower | Upper | |||
Education level | 0.02 | |||
Tertiary level | 5.76 | 1.62 | 20.45 | 0.01 |
Secondary level | 3.80 | 1.12 | 12.93 | 0.03 |
Primary and below | 1.00 | |||
Religion Muslim | 1.16 | 0.05 | 24.75 | 0.92 |
Non-Muslims | 1.00 | |||
Category income | 0.42 | |||
> RM5000 | 2.30 | 0.62 | 8.45 | 0.21 |
RM2501–RM5000 | 1.30 | 0.64 | 2.64 | 0.47 |
RM0–RM2500 | 1.00 | 0.33 | ||
Ethnicity Malay | 1.62 | 0.78 | 3.37 | 0.19 |
Non-Malays | 1.00 | |||
Category duration | 0.19 | |||
≥ 7 days | 2.73 | 0.91 | 8.20 | 0.07 |
4–6 days | 2.17 | 0.81 | 5.81 | 0.12 |
1–3 days | 1.00 |