Table 1 Participant characteristics
Continuous Variables | N | Min | Max | Mean | SD |
Age | 352 | 26 | 74 | 51.46 | 9.86 |
Treatments p/week | 352 | 2 | 80 | 17.93 | 10.24 |
Years in Practice | 352 | 0 | 42 | 13.08 | 9.46 |
Categorical Variables | Frequency (%) | ||||
Gender/Sex | |||||
 Female | 288 (81.8%) | ||||
 Male | 57 (16.2%) | ||||
 Other/Prefer not to say | 7 (2%) | ||||
Clinical Settings (not mutually exclusive) | 352 | ||||
 Have premises at home | 142 (40.3%) | ||||
 Multidisciplinary clinic | 135 (38.4%) | ||||
 Rent a treatment room | 120 (34.1%) | ||||
 Provide home visits | 73 (20.7%) | ||||
 Acupuncture clinic | 66 (18.8%) | ||||
 Multi-bed clinic | 32 (9.1%) | ||||
 Volunteer | 17 (4.8%) | ||||
 NHS | 7 (2%) | ||||
 Other | 23 (6.5%) | ||||
Main style of practice | 352 | ||||
 TCM | 164 (46.6%) | ||||
 5 Element | 79 (22.4%) | ||||
 Mix of Styles | 59 (16.8%) | ||||
 Stems and Branches | 7 (2%) | ||||
 Classical | 7 (2%) | ||||
 Japanese | 6 (1.7%) | ||||
 8 Principles | 5 (1.4%) | ||||
 Tan | 3 (0.9%) | ||||
 Six Channels | 3 (0.9%) | ||||
 Other | 6 (1.7%) | ||||