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Table 1 IHLOC according to medication use in the past six months

From: Internal health locus of control in users of complementary and alternative medicine: a cross-sectional survey

 

Total group

Chronic condition

No chronic condition

 

N

Mean (SD)

N

Mean (SD)

N

Mean (SD)

CAM medication only

98

30.74 (4.92)

23

29.87 (5.43)

75

31.01 (4.76)

Conventional medication only

341

28.87 (5.03)

143

28.01 (5.55)

197

29.49 (4.54)

Both

313

28.95 (4.64)

151

28.11 (4.99)

160

29.80 (4.13)

No medication

268

29.89 (4.99)

40

29.30 (6.70)

219

30.13 (4.67)

Total

1020

29.34 (4.93)

357*

28.32 (5.46)

651*

29.96 (4.53)

F (df)

 

5.52 (3,1016)

 

1.27 (3,353)

 

2.25 (3,647)

p

 

<.01

 

.284

 

.081

Effect size f

 

.13

 

.11

 

.10

  1. *Sizes of subgroups do not add up to 1020 because of missing data regarding the presence/absence of a chronic condition.