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Table 3 CAM use and days missed from job or business in past 12 months

From: Complementary and alternative medicine use and absenteeism among individuals with chronic disease

  

Days missed from job or businessb

 

Total

0 days

1 to 2 days

3 to 5 days

6+ days

 

n (weighted %)

n (weighted %)

n (weighted %)

n (weighted %)

n (weighted %)

CAM usea

     

Dietary supplements

7336 (72.3)

3425 (46.7)

1551 (21.5)

1413 (19.8)

947 (12.0)

Vitaminsc

5377 (73.5)

2450 (47.3)

1147 (21.7)

1078 (19.4)

702 (11.6)

Mineralsc

4337 (57.3)

1978 (48.2)

900 (20.6)

856 (18.5)

603 (12.8)

Herbsc

3157 (42.8)

1435 (45.4)

677 (22.5)

626 (19.7)

419 (12.5)

Mind-body practices

1850 (17.3)

722 (41.1)

424 (22.9)

430 (22.1)

274 (13.8)

Yogad

1271 (67.8)

482 (39.6)

320 (25.3)

302 (23.3)

167 (11.9)

Tai-chid

196 (9.3)

69 (34.5)

39 (18.7)

47 (24.0)

41 (22.8)

Qi-gongd

84 (3.5)

33 (50.2)

22 (19.9)

16 (17.0)

13 (12.9)

Meditationd

877 (47.9)

318 (38.5)

195 (22.0)

209 (22.7)

155 (16.7)

Biofeedbackd

17 (0.6)

7 (25.1)

2 (4.0)

14 (61.7)

6 (9.2)

  1. aGroups not exclusive
  2. bModeled as continuous variable
  3. cPercentage of dietary supplement users
  4. dPercentage of mind-body practice users