Table 4 Stratified prevalence of lifetime use of different CAM categories
Lifetime use in % (95% CI) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CAM category 1 | CAM category 2 | CAM category 3 | CAM category 4 | CAM category 5 | |
Sex | |||||
Male | 26.5 (19.6–34.4) | 25.9 (19.0–33.7) | 15.7 (10.1–22.8) | 15.0 (9.5–22.0) | 2.9 (0.8–7.4) |
Female | 28.2 (15.0–44.9) | 14.3 (4.8–30.3) | 25.0 (12.1–42.2) | 16.7 (6.4–32.8) | 5.7 (0.7–19.2) |
Age groups (in years) | |||||
18–24 | 31.6 (19.9–45.2) | 23.2 (13.0–36.4) | 10.7 (4.0–21.9) | 14.3 (6.4–26.2) | 0 (0.0–0.0) |
25–34 | 26.5 (16.5–38.6) | 23.5 (14.1–35.4) | 17.2 (8.9–28.7) | 13.8 (6.5–24.7) | 1.6 (0.0–8.8) |
≥ 35 | 23.0 (13.2–35.5) | 24.1 (13.9–37.2) | 25.0 (14.4–38.4) | 18.2 (9.1–30.9) | 8.9 (3.0–19.6) |
Diagnoses | |||||
Other ASD diagnosis | 29.5 (19.7–40.9) | 27.0 (17.4–38.6) | 18.3 (10.1–29.3) | 19.7 (11.2–30.9) | 3.0 (0.4–10.4) |
Asperger syndrome | 25.0 (17.2–34.3) | 21.3 (14.0–30.2) | 17.1 (10.5–25.7) | 12.4 (6.8–20.2) | 3.8 (1.1–9.6) |
Intellectual functioning | |||||
IQ < 85 | 34.0 (21.5–48.3) | 25.0 (13.6–39.6) | 18.8 (8.9–32.6) | 20.8 (10.5–35.0) | 2.2 (0.1–11.8) |
IQ ≥ 85 | 23.8 (16.5–32.3) | 19.8 (13.1–28.1) | 16.9 (10.7–25.0) | 12.7 (7.3–20.1) | 3.4 (0.9–8.5) |
Level of education | |||||
Low | 32.1 (19.9–46.3) | 31.4 (19.1–45.9) | 18.4 (8.8–32.0) | 22.4 (11.8–36.6) | 4.4 (0.5–15.2) |
Medium | 26.5 (14.9–41.1) | 24.5 (13.3–38.9) | 15.2 (6.3–28.9) | 17.0 (7.6–30.8) | 4.3 (0.5–14.8) |
High | 23.8 (15.1–34.4) | 18.3 (10.6–28.4) | 18.5 (10.8–28.7) | 10.0 (4.4–18.8) | 2.5 (0.3–8.7) |
Overall | 26.9 (20.7–33.9) | 23.6 (17.7–30.5) | 17.6 (12.3–24.1) | 15.3 (10.4–21.5) | 3.5 (1.3–7.5) |