|
Subgroup
|
No. of studies
(no. of MS)
|
Difference in pooled prevalence (95% CI)
|
p-value
|
|---|
|
CAM acceptance
|
|
Region
|
|
Region of the Americas
|
5 (842)
|
0.00 (-0.28, 0.27)
|
0.979
|
|
European Region
|
5 (846)
|
0.10 (-0.16, 0.36)
|
0.405
|
|
Western Pacific Region
|
2 (787)
|
-0.18 (-0.51, 0.16)
|
0.271
|
|
Sampling method
|
|
Random sampling
|
9 (2032)
|
-0.01 (-0.32, 0.30)
|
0.943
|
|
CAM usage
|
|
Region
|
|
Region of the Americas
|
8 (2435)
|
0.12 (-0.08, 0.31)
|
0.222
|
|
European Region
|
9 (1460)
|
0.04 (-0.16, 0.24)
|
0.706
|
|
Western Pacific Region
|
3 (883)
|
-0.17 (-0.45, 0.10)
|
0.204
|
|
Mixed region
|
1 (95)
|
-0.36 (-0.79, 0.07)
|
0.098
|
|
Economic levels of country
|
|
Upper-middle-income economies
|
2 (195)
|
0.24 (-0.08, 0.56)
|
0.133
|
|
High-income economies
|
18 (4583)
|
-0.03 (-0.32, 0.25)
|
0.804
|
|
Mixed-income economies
|
1 (95)
|
-0.36 (-0.79, 0.07)
|
0.098
|
|
Sampling method
|
|
Random sampling
|
15 (4101)
|
-0.03 (-0.25, 0.19)
|
0.802
|
- Abbreviations: CI confidence interval
