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Table 2 Patient characteristics

From: Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) as part of primary health care in Germany–comparison of patients consulting general practitioners and CAM practitioners: a cross-sectional study

 

GP patients

HP patients (n=91)

p b

Total (n=476)

nCAM-GP (n=253)

CAM-GP (n=223)

Age mean (years)

50.1 (SD 18.4)

51.2 (SD 19.3)

48.9 (SD 17.2)

49.7 (SD 15.0)

.36

Sex ratio (n, %) F:M

293:183

(61.6:38.4)

140:113

(55.3:44.7)

153:70

(68.6:31.4)

75:16

(82.4:17.6)

<.01

Highest level of education (n; %a)

 Up to secondary modern school or other

148 (31.4)

87 (34.8)

61 (27.5)

15 (16.5)

.02

 Junior high school

125 (26.5)

66 (26.4)

59 (26.6)

32 (35.2)

 University-entrance diploma

199 (42.2)

97 (38.8)

102 (45.9)

44 (48.4)

Marital status (n; %a)

 Unmarried

131 (27.7)

63 (25.1)

68 (30.6)

13 (14.3)

.01

 Married/in a partnership

241 (51.0)

127 (50.6)

114 (51.4)

62 (68.1)

 Divorced /separated

51 (10.8)

28 (11.2)

23 (10.4)

10 (11.0)

 Widowed

50 (10.6)

33 (13.1)

17 (7.7)

6 (6.6%)

Country of birth (n; %a)

 Germany

391 (82.7)

215 (85.7)

176 (79.3)

84 (92.3)

.01

 Other country

82 (17.3)

36 (14.3)

46 (20.7)

7 (7.7)

Language primarily spoken at home (n; %a)

 German

432 889.4)

225 (89.6)

198 (89.2)

88 (96.7)

.26

 Other language

25 (5.3)

12 (4.8)

13 (5.9)

2 (2.2)

 No specification possible

25 (5.3)

14 (5.6)

11 (5.0)

1 (1.1)

 Statutory health insurance (n; %a)

426 (89.7)

286 (90.5)

198 (88.8)

66 (72.5)

<.01

  1. anumbers do not add up to n=567 due to missing values, bsignificance of difference between the three groups