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Table 3 Percent CAM usea (standard error) by demographics among children with mental health conditions and without any mental health condition during the past 12 months

From: Complementary and alternative medicine use among children with mental health issues: results from the National Health Interview Survey

Demographics

ADHD/ADD (n = 986)

Autism/autism spectrum (n = 139)

Anxiety/Depression (n = 932)

Childhood Stress (n = 908)

Any Mental Health Condition (n = 1889)

No Mental Health Conditions (n = 8134)

P-valueb

Gender

 Boys

12.8 (1.4)

13.9 (1.1)

18.6 (1.8)

19.4 (2.0)

14.3 (1.4)

8.7 (0.6)

<.001

 Girls

20.1 (2.8)

33.1 (5.0)

27.8 (2.2)

31.6 (2.3)

26.5 (2.0)

11.4 (0.7)

<.001

Age

 4–7

10.1 (2.9)

5.7 (2.7)

11.0 (1.8)

11.5(2.4)

8.9 (2.2)

8.2 (0.7)

0.74

 8–11

14.9 (2.6)

28.8 (1.9)

24.1 (2.5)

28.6 (2.0)

20.0 (2.1)

8.3 (0.8)

<.001

 12–17

16.0 (1.8)

14.6 (1.3)

24.4 (1.7)

25.9 (2.0)

21.1 (1.5)

13.0 (0.9)

<.001

BMIc

 Underweight

25.7 (4.0)

33.0 (2.3)

32.0 (4.4)

27.8 (4.7)

27.6 (4.2)

16.3 (2.5)

<.001

 Normal Weight

17.1 (2.3)

18.0 (1.1)

29.3 (2.5)

32.1 (2.7)

25.2 (2.2)

14.9 (1.2)

<.001

 Overwght/Obese

10.7 (1.7)

7.3 (1.2)

14.8 (2.4)

15.5 (2.7)

13.2 (1.9)

9.2 (1.1)

0.069

Race

 Non-Hisp. White

15.6 (1.5)

18.1 (1.6)

23.9 (1.6)

27.2 (1.8)

20.5 (1.4)

10.8 (0.6)

<.001

 Black/Hisp/other

11.8 (2.3)

13.4 (1.0)

20.3 (3.2)

19.8 (3.4)

14.2 (2.0)

8.2 (0.8)

.004

Parent’s Education

 High Sch. or less

10.0 (2.2)

8.2 (0.7)

10.6 (2.1)

12.2 (1.9)

9.3 (1.5)

4.3 (0.6)

.002

 Some college

10.8 (1.5)

14.5 (1.0)

20.7 (2.1)

24.7 (2.5)

16.7 (1.6)

9.6 (0.7)

<.001

  ≥ Bachelor’s

25.4 (2.8)

23.5 (2.7)

36.9 (3.2)

38.3 (3.2)

31.1 (2.4)

15.1 (1.0)

<.001

Income

  ≤ $34,999

6.5 (1.2)

12.7 (0.8)

13.3 (1.9)

14.4 (2.0)

9.4 (1.2)

6.0 (0.6)

.013

 $35,000–$74,999

13.2 (2.0)

14.5 (2.2)

21.5 (2.7)

28.5 (3.1)

19.1 (2.2)

9.4 (0.8)

<.001

  ≥ $75,000

25.5 (3.0)

24.3 (2.5)

36.0 (3.2)

34.9 (2.8)

30.2 (2.4)

13.9 (0.9)

<.001

Region

 Northeast

17.7 (4.4)

9.2 (1.3)

19.6 (3.6)

22.0 (3.0)

17.6 (3.1)

9.8 (1.2)

.020

 Midwest

15.0 (1.8)

18.5 (1.5)

25.7 (3.0)

24.9 (3.5)

19.6 (2.1)

13.2 (1.3)

.012

 South

10.6 (1.7)

19.7 (1.9)

16.1 (1.9)

21.1 (2.2)

14.3 (1.5)

6.4 (0.5)

<.001

 West

23.4 (4.5)

13.7 (3.6)

33.3 (3.1)

35.0 (3.5)

28.9 (3.3)

13.0 (1.1)

<.001

Health Insurance Status

 Yes

15.0 (1.3)

15 (1.2)

23.6 (1.4)

26.2 (1.6)

19.4 (1.2)

10.2 (0.5)

<.001

 No

3.3 (3.2)

-- (−-)d

10.6 (5.4)

13.2 (5.4)

12.5 (3.5)

9.0 (1.7)

0.32

  1. a Any of 17 Cam modalities
  2. b Survey weighted Wald F-statistic comparing percent CAM use between children with any mental health condition to those children with no mental health condition
  3. c BMI was recorded only for children 12 years old and greater
  4. d Unreliable estimates due to there being only six children with Autism/autism spectrum disorder from families without health insurance are not reported