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Table 1 Characteristics of patient participants

From: Complementary and alternative medicine use in oncology: A questionnaire survey of patients and health care professionals

Variables

Number of Participants

Number of CAM Users (%)

p value (χ2)

Total

520

155 (29.8)

 

Gender

  

<0.001

   Male

186

29 (15.6)

 

   Female

330

124 (37.6)

 

   Missing

4

2

 

Age*

52.5 ± 16.9

49.1 ± 15.5

0.004†

Ethnicity

  

0.385

   Caucasian

497

149 (30.0)

 

   Non-Caucasian

4

2

 

   Missing

19

4

 

Educational background

  

<0.001

   Primary level

97

11 (11.3)

 

   Secondary level

255

74 (29.0)

 

   Tertiary level

154

66 (42.9)

 

   Missing

13

4

 

Annual household income

  

0.001

   <€20 000

197

43 (21.8)

 

   €20 000 - €49 999

161

50 (31.1)

 

   €50 000 - €99 999

71

33 (46.5)

 

   >€100 000

12

5 (41.7)

 

   Missing

79

24

 

Health insurance

  

0.001

   None

71 242

26 (36.6) 52 (21.5)

 

   Public Medical Card

   

   Private Health Insurance

200

76 (38.0%)

 

   Missing

7

1

 

Religions

  

0.001

   Christian

486

138 (28.4)

 

   Non-Christian

15

11 (73.3)

 

   Missing

19

6

 

Subgroups

  

0.369

   Non-cancer volunteers

301

93 (30.9)

 

   Cancer patients

219

62 ((28.3)

 

Breast

81

27 (33.3)

0.667

Colorectal

23

4

 

Lymphoma

17

6

 

Leukaemia

13

3

 

Prostate

12

3

 

Lung

12

2

 

Ovarian

12

5

 

Melanoma

12

6

 

Head & Neck

7

0

 

Oesophagus

5

1

 

Kidney

5

1

 

Brain

4

1

 

Cervix

3

1

 

Stomach

3

0

 

Testicle

2

0

 

Urinary bladder

2

0

 

Non-melanoma skin

2

1

 

Pancreatic

1

1

 

Myeloma

1

0

 

Missing

2

0

 

HADS

   

   High anxiety score (≥11)

44

13 (29.5)

0.350

   Low anxiety score (<11)

333

112 (33.6)

 

   Missing

143

30

 

   High depression score (≥11)

13

3 (23.1)

0.328

   Low depression score (<11)

386

128 (33.2)

 

   Missing

121

24

 

Karnofsky score

  

0.493

   80 - 100

106

33 (31.1)

 

   50 - 70

36

7 (19.4)

 

   0 - 40

6

1 (16.7)

 

   Missing

76

24

 
  1. * mean ± standard deviation
  2. † student's t-test