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Table 2 Contingency table of Patient characteristics and CAM use

From: Characteristics of users and implications for the use of complementary and alternative medicine in Ghanaian cancer patients undergoing radiotherapy and chemotherapy: a cross- sectional study

	CAM	USE		chi square
	observed	expected	p-value	(X²)
Male
Yes	29	36.7
No	43	35.3
Sex			0.004	8.206
Female
Yes	19	13.3
No	7	12.7
>50	27	25.7
Yes
No	45	46.3
Age Range			0.539	0.385
≤50
Yes	18	16.7
No	8	9.3
Married
Yes	42	40.4
No	30	31.6	0.463	0.561
Marital Status
Single and Divorce
Yes	13	14.6
No	13	11.4
Basic
Yes	35	36.7
No	37	35.3	0.427	0.63
Level of Education
Secondary and Tertiary
Yes	15	13.3
No	11	12.7
Head and Neck
Yes	12	10
No	17	14
Breast
Yes	38	34
No	5	14	0.665	21.9
Cancer Cases	3	5
Abdomino-Pelvic
Yes
No	4	7
Other
Yes	13	17
No	16	7
Curative	47	47.9
Yes
No	19	15.5
Treatment Intent			0.032	6.9
Palliative
Yes	21	20.1
No	3	6.51

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