Patients (N = 10) | Health professionals (N = 10) | Third persons (N = 10) | P value | Total (N = 30) | |
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Age, median years (range) | 60 (40–80) | 46 (30–60) | 57 (38–79) | 0.017 | 54 (30–80) |
Sex, n (%) | 0.32 | ||||
Female | 8 (80) | 10 (100) | 8 (80) | 26 (87) | |
Male | 2 (20) | 0 (0) | 2 (20) | 4 (13) | |
Last profession, n (%) | 0.079 | ||||
Executives and higher intellectual | 4 (40) | 5 (50) | 7 (70) | 16 (53) | |
profession | 1 (10) | 5 (50) | 2 (20) | 8 (27) | |
Employees | 4 (40) | 0 (0) | 1 (10) | 5 (17) | |
Intermediate occupation | 1 (10) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (3) | |
Other persons not in employment | |||||
Health professionals’ profession, n (%) | |||||
Nursing assistants | 1 (10) | ||||
Doctor | 3 (30) | ||||
Nurse | 1 (10) | ||||
Radiotherapy/radiology operatives | 3 (30) | ||||
Health executive | 2 (20) | ||||
Experience of meditation, n (%) | 0.32 | ||||
Naive | 8 (80) | 10 (100) | 8 (80) | 26 (87) | |
Sensitized | 2 (20) | 0 (0) | 2 (20) | 4 (13) |