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 variables
β
SE
Adjusted odds ratio
95% CI
Lower limit
Upper limit
Gender
Male (RC)
1
Female
1.169
0.430
3.219
1.385
7.481
towards TCM use
Perceived benefits
Preventing illness complications
1.386
0.393
3.999
1.850
8.644
Treatment is more gentle and safer
1.512
0.340
4.537
2.332
8.828
Perceived barriers
Not having enough knowledge to select the right TCM
−0.634
0.275
0.530
0.309
0.910
satisfaction level
Healthcare providers act too business-like and impersonal
−1.009
0.309
0.365
1.496
5.027
Paying more for healthcare than one can afford
−0.885
0.255
0.413
1.471
3.992
-doctor relationship status
I find my doctor easily accessible
1.379
0.291
3.971
2.245
7.023
Constant
−
2.778
0.000
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.