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Table 2 Descriptive statistics and bivariate analysis for the demographics of users and nonusers of KM

From: Relationship between patient satisfaction with medical doctors and the use of traditional Korean medicine in Korea

  

Nonusers

Users

p-value

  

N

%

N

%

Predisposing characteristic variables

 Gender

Male

3,423

85.19

595

14.81

<0.001

 

Female

4,384

76.44

1,351

23.56

 

 Age (yrs)

mean ± SD

51.503 ± 16.207

 

55.608 ± 15.575

 

<0.001

 Education

≤ Elementary school

1,815

74.29

628

25.71

<0.001

 

≤ High school

3,495

80.34

855

19.66

 
 

> High school

2,497

84.36

463

15.64

 

 Region

Seoul metropolitan area

3,229

81.44

736

18.56

0.003

 

Chungcheong-Gangwon

1,054

78.42

290

21.58

 
 

Yeongnam

2,342

79.69

597

20.31

 
 

Honam

976

77.40

285

22.60

 
 

Jeju

206

84.43

38

15.57

 

Enabling resource variables

 Spouse

Yes

5,945

80.45

1,445

19.55

0.081

 

No

1,862

78.80

501

21.20

 

 Work status

Not employed

3,208

78.13

898

21.87

<0.001

 

Employed

2,880

82.07

629

17.93

 
 

Self-employed

1,719

80.40

419

19.60

 

 Household annual income low level (%)

<25

1,869

76.01

590

23.99

<0.001

 

<50

1,955

80.69

468

19.31

 
 

<75

2,012

82.70

421

17.30

 
 

≥75

1,971

80.84

467

19.16

 

 Regional characteristic

Rural

3,390

80.09

843

19.91

0.935

 

Urban

4,417

80.02

1,103

19.98

 

Needs variables

 Chronic disease

No

2,485

86.62

384

13.38

<0.001

 

<3

2,878

83.18

582

16.82

 
 

≥3

2,444

71.38

980

28.62

 

 Hypertension

No

5,837

80.87

1,381

19.13

0.001

 

Yes

1,970

77.71

565

22.29

 

 Diabetes

No

7,053

80.28

1,732

19.72

0.077

 

Yes

754

77.89

214

22.11

 

 Arthritis

No

6,846

82.23

1,479

17.77

<0.001

 

Yes

961

67.30

467

32.70

 

 Neoplasm

No

7,363

80.36

1,800

19.64

0.003

 

Yes

444

75.25

146

24.75

 

 EQ-5D

mean ± SD

0.910 ± 0.088

 

0.892 ± 0.097

 

<0.001

 Subjective health condition

mean ± SD

2.680 ± 0.858

 

2.836 ± 0.855

 

<0.001