Table 2 Participant demographics

Sex (n_total = 998)

Male/Female

49.1/50.9

490/508

Age (n_total = 996)

Total

53.6

19.7

16–95

Male

53.9

487

16–94

Female

53.3

505

16–95

Marital status (n_total = 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 (n_total = 978)

Elementary school

2.5

29

Secondary education

47.8

467

Folk/Public college

3.8

37

College/University

27.9

273

Residential area (n_total = 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 (n_total = 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 (n_total = 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 (n_total = 982)

Medicine

41.6

409

Surgery

26.5

206

Orthopaedics

31.9

313

Number of prescription drugs (n_total = 1029)

2.15

0–20

Number of non-prescription drugs (n_total = 1029)

.47

0–8

Medical diagnosis (n_total = 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 (n_total = 957)

27.7

265

Received questions about CAM usage from healthcare provider (n_total = 942)

4.2

40

Self-reported CAM usage to healthcare provider (n_total = 797)

5.0

40