Attitudes and barriers towards participation in an acupuncture trial among breast cancer patients: a survey study

Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of participants (N = 300)

	Total respondents	Willing to participate	P-value
	N	%
Total	297	49.8
Age
≤55	71	60.6	*0.037*
56-65	130	50.8
>65	96	40.6
Race/Ethnicity
White	250	51.2	0.28
Non-White	47	42.6
Educational level
High school or less	121	35.5	*<0.001*
College	76	69.7
Graduate/professional school	99	51.5
Employment
Full-time	112	50.9	0.54
Part-time	40	42.5
Not currently	141	52.5
Stage			0.70
I	99	45.4
II	141	49.6
III	32	53.1
Chemotherapy			0.17
No	118	44.9
Yes	179	53.1
Radiation therapy			*0.017*
No	106	40.6
Yes	191	55.0
Type of AI			0.056
Exemestane	57	43.9
Anastrazole	171	46.8
Letrozole	69	62.3
Months on AI	23.5	21.7	0.11
Prior acupuncture use			*0.004*
No	271	47.2
Yes	26	76.9
CAM user			*<0.001*
No	114	36.8
Yes	183	57.9
Co-morbidity			*0.037*
None	86	59.3
Yes	211	46.0
Joint pain during past 7 days			*0.038*
None	54	35.2
Mild/moderate	189	51.8
Severe or more	53	58.5
	Mean for WTP	Std Dev.
Acupuncture expectancy scale	11.5	4.07	*<0.001*

Abbreviations: AI, Aromatase Inhibitor; CAM, complementary and alternative medicine.
*P-value obtained by Chi-2 for categorical and T-test for continuous outcomes.
Not all cells add up to 300 due to missing data.

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