Research Article

Disclosure of Traditional and Complementary Medicine Use and Its Associated Factors to Medical Doctor in Primary Care Clinics in Kuching Division, Sarawak, Malaysia

Table 6

Factor affecting the disclosure of TCM use ().

Independent variablesβSEAdjusted odds ratio95% CI
Lower limitUpper limit

Gender
 Male (RC)1
 Female1.1690.4303.2191.3857.481
towards TCM use
Perceived benefits
  Preventing illness complications1.3860.3933.9991.8508.644
  Treatment is more gentle and safer1.5120.3404.5372.3328.828
Perceived barriers
  Not having enough knowledge to select the right TCM−0.6340.2750.5300.3090.910
satisfaction level
 Healthcare providers act too business-like and impersonal−1.0090.3090.3651.4965.027
 Paying more for healthcare than one can afford−0.8850.2550.4131.4713.992
-doctor relationship status
 I find my doctor easily accessible1.3790.2913.9712.2457.023

Constant 2.7780.000

Model Chi-square (df) (7)
862
Hosmer and Lemeshow Test

; .
Hosmer and Lemeshow Test, (8); .
Cox & Snell square = 0.240. Nagelkerke square = 0.588.
RC = reference category.
Dependent variable = disclosure of TCM use (yes versus no).
Forward logistic regression method was used for analysis.