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Table 1 Sociodemographic and disease-related characteristics of the study population.

From: Use of complementary and alternative medicine in Germany – a survey of patients with inflammatory bowel disease

Characteristics

All Patients

CAM user

CAM non-user

P value #

 

(n = 413)

(n = 215)

(n = 198)

 

Sex (%)

    

   Male

38

39

37

ns

   Female

62

61

63

ns

Age (%)

    

   ≤20

6

5

8

ns

   21–40

56

56

56

ns

   41–60

32

33

30

ns

   ≥61

6

6

5

ns

Diagnosis (%)

    

   Crohn's Disease

61

58

65

ns

   Ulcerative Colitis

39

42

35

ns

Location (% of location)

    

   Erlangen

50

55

45

ns

   Aachen

21

53

47

ns

   Tuebingen

28

49

51

ns

Duration of disease (median)

14.0

15

13

ns

Previous hospitalisation (%)

80

82

77

ns

Previous surgery (%)

39

36

41

ns

Current Medication (%)

    

   SASP or 5-ASA

64

54

72

ns

   Corticosteroids

36

32

40

ns

   Immunosuppressive

17

17

16

ns

Patient satisfaction with current therapy (%)

    

   satisfied

45

43

48

ns

   neutral

31

30

32

ns

   dissatisfied

19

17

20

ns

Side effects of conventional medication (%)

55

58

52

ns

Members of DCCV (%)*

48

47

48

ns

Academic education (%)*

23

22

24

ns

  1. If not stated otherwise, all values are percentages of CAM users and CAM non-users resp.
  2. # p value for the comparison of CAM users and non-users
  3. *This item was missing for Erlangen patients.
  4. For some items the numbers may not add up to the total number because of missing responses