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Table 4 TCAM self-help practices

From: The utilization of traditional, complementary and alternative medicine for non-communicable diseases and mental disorders in health care patients in Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam

Variable

 

Motivation

Helpfulness

 

Used (N, %)

Acute illness (%)

Long term illness (%)

To improve well-being (%)

Very/somewhat (%)

Prayer for own health

 All

1346 (30.1)

6.5

12.1

81.4

35.5/35.3

 Cambodia

571 (35.9)

13.9

7.7

79.4

1.9/48.9

 Thailand

523 (40.0)

0.6

12.3

87.2

78.2/18.0

 Vietnam

352 (16.1)

2.0

21.8

76.1

23.0/40.7

Meditation

 All

619 (13.9)

2.8

13.8

83.5

61.1/31.1

 Cambodia

145 (9.1)

2.8

4.8

92.4

23.4/70.3

 Thailand

383 (29.0)

2.4

16.3

81.5

78.5/17.8

 Vietnam

91 (5.9)

4.4

17.8

77.7

47.8/24.4

Relaxation techniques

 All

475 (10.9)

2.1

11.6

86.2

33.8/41.9

 Cambodia

287 (18.1)

1.7

3.1

95.1

19.6/47.9

 Thailand

100 (8.1)

0.0

23.0

77.0

69.0/26.0

 Vietnam

88 (5.7)

5.7

26.4

75.7

40.2/40.2

Visualization

 All

421 (9.8)

1.0

2.4

96.7

5.7/41.3

 Cambodia

402 (25.6)

0.7

1.5

78.8

5.2/41.0

 Thailand

3 (0.3)

0.0

66.7

33.3

33.3/66.7

 Vietnam

16 (1.1)

6.2

12.5

43.8

12.5/43.1

Yoga

 All

233 (5.4)

1.3

12.1

86.6

41.8/40.9

 Cambodia

97 (6.1)

3.1

5.2

91.7

7.2/69.1

 Thailand

69 (5.6)

0.0

2.9

97.1

73.5/16.2

 Vietnam

67 (4.4)

0.0

31.3

68.6

59.7/25.4