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Table 4 Demographic and social characteristics of hypertensive patients using or not using CAM

From: Prevalence and determinants of use of complementary and alternative medicine by hypertensive patients attending primary health care facilities in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo: a cross-sectional study

 

Overall n = 280 (% or SD)

CAM users n = 73 (% or SD)

CAM non-users n = 207 (% or SD)

p

Mean age, years (SD)

60.1 ± 10.6

58.7 ± 9.8

60.6 ± 10.8

0.190

Sex

 Female

192 (68.6)

50 (68.5)

142(68.6)

0.987

 Male

88 (31.4)

23 (31.5)

65 (31.4)

 

Religion

 Catholic

121(43.2)

27 (37.0)

94 (45.4)

0.287

 Pentecostal

57 (20.4)

20 (27.4)

37 (17.9)

 

 Protestant

48 (17.1)

9 (12.3)

39 (18.8)

 

 Kimbanguist

22 (7.9)

7 (9.6)

15 (7.3)

 

 Jehovah’s witnesses

13 (4.6)

3 (4.1)

10 (4.8)

 

 Others

19 (6.8)

7 (9.6)

12 (5.8)

 

Marital status

 Married/cohabiting

147(52.5)

41 (56.2)

106(51.2)

0.466

 Single/separated/divorced/widowed

133(47.5)

32 (43.8)

101(48.8)

 

Occupation

 No

137 (48.9)

41 (56.2)

96 (46.4)

0.150

 Yes

143 (51.1)

32 (43.8)

111 (53.6)

 

Educational level

 Primary

85 (30.4)

18 (24.7)

67 (32.4)

0.213

 Secondary

144 (51.4)

44 (60.3)

100 (48.3)

 

 Post-secondary

51 (18.2)

11 (15.0)

40 (19.3)