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 |