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

Table 2 Socio-demographic factors and barriers to participation*

	Travel difficulty			Concern with experimentation			Don’t want placebo			Demanding job			Home responsibilities			No interest in acupuncture
	N	%	p-value	N	%	p-value	N	%	p-value	N	%	p-value	N	%	p-value	N	%	p- value
Age			0.90			*<0.001*			*0.063*			*<0.001*			*0.003*			*0.008*
≤55	34	47.9		13	18.3		29	40.9		42	59.2		44	62.0		14	19.4
56-65	58	45.0		23	18.1		53	41.4		46	36.5		54	42.5		30	23.1
>65	42	44.7		37	40.2		52	55.9		15	16.3		33	35.5		37	38.5
Race			*0.018*			*0.024*			0.27			0.42			0.96			0.43
White	120	48.6		55	22.6		109	44.5		89	36.6		110	45.1		66	26.3
Non-White	14	29.8		18	38.3		25	53.2		14	30.4		21	44.7		15	31.9
Education			0.54			*<0.001*			*0.005*			0.18			0.40			*0.001*
High school**	59	48.8		49	40.8		68	56.2		35	29.7		57	47.5		47	38.5
College	30	40.5		9	12.3		24	32.9		28	38.4		28	38.4		15	19.7
Graduate	45	45.9		15	15.6		42	43.3		40	41.2		46	47.4		19	19.2
Employment			0.24			*0.037*			0.100			*<0.001*			*0.031*			0.17
Full-time	53	48.2		21	19.1		45	40.9		79	71.2		59	53.2		27	23.9
Part-time	21	53.9		6	15.8		14	35.9		13	33.3		20	51.3		15	38.5
Not currently	57	40.4		43	31.2		72	51.8		10	7.4		51	37.2		35	24.7

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