Prevalence, types and disclosure of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use among chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients in Saudi Arabia

Table 1 Demographic distribution and disease characteristics of CKD patients and their CAM use

Characteristics	No. (%) N = 170	CAM use		p value
Characteristics	No. (%) N = 170	No. (%) No = 110	No. (%) Yes = 60	p value
Age
16–20	6 (3.5)	5 (4.5)	1 (1.7)
21–30	12 (7.1)	9 (8.2)	3 (5.0)
31–40	16 (9.4)	10 (9.1)	6 (10.0)
41–50	33 (19.4)	17 (15.5)	16 (26.7)	0.137
51–60	40 (23.5)	22 (20.0)	18 (30.0)
> 60	63 (37.1)	47 (42.7)	16 (26.7)
Gender
Male	78 (45.9)	58 (52.7)	20 (33.3)	0.015*
Female	92 (54.1)	52 (47.3)	40 (66.7)	0.015*
Marital status
Unmarried	21 (12.4)	14 (12.7)	7 (11.7)
Married	111 (653)	70 (63.6)	41 (68.3)
Divorced	10 (5.9)	6 (5.5)	4 (6.7)	0.845
Widowed	28 (16.5)	20 (18.2)	8 (13.3)
Education level
Primary education	35 (20.6)	26 (23.6)	9 (15.0)
Middle school	26 (15.3)	12 (10.9)	14 (23.3)
Secondary education	33 (19.4)	24 (21.8)	9 (15.0)
Diploma/matriculation	13 (7.6)	5 (4.5)	8 (13.3)
University degree	18 (10.6)	12 (10.9)	6 (10.0)	0.127
Post-graduate degree	1 (0.6)	1 (0.9)	0 (0.0)
Never go to school	42 (24.7)	29 (26.4)	13 (21.7)
Others^¶	2 (1.2)	1 (0.9)	1 (1.7)
Employment status
Unemployed	39 (22.9)	28 (25.5)	11 (18.3)
Employed	26 (15.3)	16 (14.5)	10 (16.7)
Retired	44 (25.9)	34 (30.9)	10 (16.7)
Homemaker	48(28.2)	25 (22.7)	23 (38.3)	0.121
Student	8 (4.7)	5 (4.5)	3 (5.0)
Others ǂ	5 (2.9)	2 (1.8)	3 (5.0)
Monthly income
< 5000	109 (64.1)	72 (65.5)	37 (61.7)
5000–10,000	41 (24.1)	23 (20.9)	18 (30.0)	0.310
> 10,000	20 (11.8)	15 (13.6)	5 (8.3)
CKD severity
CKD stages 3–4	121 (71.2)	75 (68.1)	46 (76.6)
Stage 5 hemodialysis	2 (1.2)	1 (0.9)	1 (1.7)	0.355
CKD-transplant	47 (27.6)	34 (30.9)	13 (21.7)

*Statistically significant p value was calculated using Chi-square test. ^¶Incomplete primary education ^ǂSelf employed

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