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Table 5 The relationship between consultations with CAM practitioners and the number of visits with conventional maternity carers (n=1835)

From: Utilisation of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) practitioners within maternity care provision: results from a nationally representative cohort study of 1,835 pregnant women

Practitioner

Visits with general practitioner

Visits with obstetrician

Visits with midwife

 

None

1 or 2

3 or 4

5+

P value

χ 2

None

1 or 2

3 or 4

5+

P value

χ 2

None

1 or 2

3 or 4

5+

P value

χ 2

Acupuncturist

  

No (%)

93.4

91

83.3

93.4

<0.001a

20.6

87.3

89.7

92.0

91.4

0.23

4.3

93.3

94.2

89.8

88.8

<0.001c

18.9

Yes (%)

6.6

9

16.7

6.6

  

12.7

10.3

8.0

8.6

  

6.7

5.8

10.2

13.6

  

Aromatherapist

  

No (%)

99.4

99.5

99.4

99.2

0.89

0.6

99.6

99.5

100.0

99.3

0.78

1.1

99.6

99

99.4

99.6

0.66

1.6

Yes (%)

0.6

0.5

0.9

0.8

  

0.4

0.5

0.0

0.7

  

0.4

1

0.6

0.4

  

Chiropractor

  

No (%)

85.5

84.9

83.1

80.7

0.29

3.8

79.7

81.8

80.2

85.2

0.11

6.0

86.4

80.8

84.5

93.3

0.2

4.6

Yes (%)

14.6

15.2

17

19.3

  

20.3

18.2

19.8

14.8

  

13.6

19.2

15.5

16.7

  

Naturopath

  

No (%)

96.3

92.4

89.7

94.1

0.05

7.7

92.1

91.2

95.5

93.1

0.51

2.3

93.3

94.1

94.7

90.0

0.08

6.8

Yes (%)

3.7

7.6

10.3

5.9

  

7.9

8.8

4.6

6.9

  

6.7

5.9

5.3

10.0

  

Doula

  

No (%)

99.4

98.8

97.8

98.7

0.57

2.0

95.8

96.7

100

99.6

<0.001b

27.8

99.8

100

97.6

96.6

<0.001c

23.2

Yes (%)

0.6

1.2

2.2

1.3

  

4.2

3.3

0

0.4

  

0.2

0

2.4

3.4

  

Massage therapist

  

No (%)

66.7

65.1

62.6

70.5

0.16

5.1

70.3

66.2

64.4

64.1

0.34

3.3

93.3

94.2

89.8

65.2

0.85

0.8

Yes (%)

33.3

34.9

37.4

29.5

  

29.8

33.8

35.7

35.9

  

6.7

5.8

10.2

34.8

  

Meditation/yoga

  

No (%)

87.9

85.6

83.3

88.8

0.21

4.5

84.3

85.9

89.2

86.4

0.66

1.6

99.6

99.0

99.4

83.9

0.19

4.8

Yes (%)

12.1

14.4

16.7

11.2

  

15.7

14.2

10.8

13.6

  

0.4

1.1

0.6

16.1

  

Osteopath

  

No (%)

95.2

93.6

89.8

96.4

0.009

11.6

94.2

96.3

92.0

93.4

0.35

3.3

86.4

80.8

84.5

93.8

0.87

0.7

Yes (%)

4.8

6.4

10.2

3.6

  

5.8

3.7

8.0

6.6

  

13.6

19.2

15.5

6.2

  
  1. a Statistically significant association with general practitioner consultations for pregnancy-related health conditions (p<0.005).
  2. b Statistically significant association with obstetrician consultation for pregnancy-related health conditions (p<0.005).
  3. c Statistically significant association with midwife consultation for pregnancy-related health conditions (p<0.005).