Table 2 Participant demographics
| Mean | SD | % | n= | Min-Max | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex (ntotal = 998) | Male/Female | 49.1/50.9 | 490/508 | |||
| Age (ntotal = 996) | Total | 53.6 | 19.7 | 16–95 | ||
| Male | 53.9 | 487 | 16–94 | |||
| Female | 53.3 | 505 | 16–95 | |||
| Marital status (ntotal = 980) | Married | 48.5 | 485 | |||
| Partner | 20.6 | 202 | ||||
| Living apart | 6.0 | 59 | ||||
| Single | 13.0 | 133 | ||||
| Separated | 5.0 | 49 | ||||
| Widow/er | 6.3 | 62 | ||||
| Highest level of education (ntotal = 978) | Elementary school | 2.5 | 29 | |||
| Secondary education | 47.8 | 467 | ||||
| Folk/Public college | 3.8 | 37 | ||||
| College/University | 27.9 | 273 | ||||
| Residential area (ntotal = 997) | Urban area > 25,000 inhabitants | 34.2 | 334 | |||
| Small town < 10,000 inhabitants | 26.0 | 254 | ||||
| Village < 500 inhabitants | 15.3 | 149 | ||||
| Countryside | 24.6 | 240 | ||||
| Employment status (ntotal = 977) | Full-time employment | 45.5 | 445 | |||
| Part-time employment | 10.3 | 101 | ||||
| Unemployed | 2.0 | 20 | ||||
| Student | 4.1 | 40 | ||||
| Sick leave | 3.5 | 34 | ||||
| Pension | 34.5 | 337 | ||||
|
Household annual income thousand Swedish krona, SEK (ntotal = 923) | < 100,000 | 6.0 | 55 | |||
| 100–300,000 | 29.4 | 271 | ||||
| 300–700,000 | 46.2 | 426 | ||||
| 700,000–1 million | 14.0 | 129 | ||||
| > 1 million | 4.6 | 42 | ||||
| Medical areas (ntotal = 982) | Medicine | 41.6 | 409 | |||
| Surgery | 26.5 | 206 | ||||
| Orthopaedics | 31.9 | 313 | ||||
| Number of prescription drugs (ntotal = 1029) | 2.15 | 0–20 | ||||
| Number of non-prescription drugs (ntotal = 1029) | .47 | 0–8 | ||||
| Medical diagnosis (ntotal = 1029) | Cardiovascular | 14.3 | 147 | |||
| Cerebrovascular | 3.0 | 31 | ||||
| Hypertension | 24.8 | 255 | ||||
| Kidney | 1.6 | 16 | ||||
| Liver | .9 | 9 | ||||
| Pulmonary | 3.4 | 35 | ||||
| Cancer | 4.6 | 47 | ||||
| Diabetes | 6.6 | 68 | ||||
| Self-reported chronic disease (ntotal = 957) | 27.7 | 265 | ||||
| Received questions about CAM usage from healthcare provider (ntotal = 942) | 4.2 | 40 | ||||
| Self-reported CAM usage to healthcare provider (ntotal = 797) | 5.0 | 40 | ||||
