Characteristic | Total (%) | TCM physicians (%) | TCM therapists (%) | p-value |
---|---|---|---|---|
Number of participants | 320 (100) | 102 (31.9) | 218 (68.1) | |
Gender | < 0.0011 | |||
Female | 211 (65.9) | 43 (42.2) | 168 (77.1) | |
Male | 108 (33.8) | 59 (57.8) | 49 (22.5) | |
Other | 1 (0.3) | – | 1 (0.5) | |
Age group | < 0.0011 | |||
26-45 years | 86 (26.9) | 9 (8.8) | 77 (35.3) | |
46-64 years | 186 (58.1) | 63 (61.8) | 123 (56.4) | |
65+ years | 41 (12.8) | 28 (27.5) | 13 (6) | |
No answer | 7 (2.2) | 2 (2) | 5 (2.3) | |
Mean age (standard deviation) | 52.3 (10.6) | 58.1 (10.3) | 49.5 (9.5) | < 0.0012 |
Age range | [26-87] | [34-87] | [26-76] | |
TCM techniques generally used by participants | ||||
Acupuncture | 311 (97.2) | 99 (97.1) | 212 (97.3) | 0.9241 |
Moxibustion | 206 (64.4) | 32 (31.4) | 174 (79.8) | < 0.0011 |
Tuina | 132 (41.3) | 13 (12.8) | 119 (54.6) | < 0.0011 |
Chinese pharmacopeia | 130 (40.6) | 35 (34.3) | 95 (43.6) | 0.1161 |
Acupressure | 89 (27.8) | 21 (20.6) | 68 (31.2) | 0.0481 |
Other | 99 (39.7) | 28 (27.5) | 71(32.6) | 0.3561 |