From: Complementary medicine usage in surgery: a cross-sectional survey in Germany
 | Freiburg (n = 52) | Heidelberg (n = 48) | Ulm (n = 51) | p |
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Sociodemographic aspects | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Department of… surgery | General and visceral | Thoracic | General and visceral | - |
Age (years ± standard deviation) | 59.7 ± 14.2 | 58.0 ± 13.9 | 59.6 ± 16.3 | 0.786* |
Gender (n male/n female, % male) | 28/24, 54% | 28/20, 58% | 22/29, 43% | 0.295 |
Nationality (n German/n Other, % German) | 50/2, 96% | 42/6, 88% | 44/6, 88% | 0.242 |
Cancer (n yes/ n no/ n not stated, % yes) | 14/38, 27% | 31/12/5, 38% | 10/41, 20% | < 0.001 |
Usage, interest and communication | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Current usage of CM (n yes/ n no/n not stated, % yes) | 37/15, 71% | 9/19/20, 32% | 11/39/1, 22% | < 0.001 |
Most frequently used CM approach | Dietary supplements | Dietary supplements | Physical exercise | - |
Interested in CM counselling (n yes/ n no/ n I don’t know/ n not stated, % yes) | 29/12/9/2, 58% | 20/15/11/2, 44% | 26/7/17/1, 52% | 0.128 |
Communication about CM (n yes/ n no/n not stated, % yes) | 8/44, 15% | 3/41/4, 7% | 6/44/1, 12% | 0.405 |
Patients’ requests |  |  |  |  |
Treatment in a holistic manner (n yes/ n no/ n I don’t know/ n not stated, % yes) | 44/5/2/1, 86% | 39/5/1/3, 87% | 46/3/2, 90% | 0.888 |
Responsibility for treatment decisions (n yes/ n no/ n I don’t know/ n not stated, % yes) | 48/3/1, 92% | 40/5/2/1, 85% | 45/4/1/1, 90% | 0.825 |
Feel less or even not informed about CM (n yes/ n no/ n I don’t know/ n not stated, % yes) | 30/21/1, 60% | 35/9/1/3, 80% | 24/20/5/2, 59% | 0.020 |
Desire for reliable information (n yes/ n no/ n I don’t know/n not stated, % yes) | 43/2/3/4, 90% | 31/7/8/2, 67% | 40/6/4/1, 80% | 0.106 |
Physician should be informed about CM (n yes/ n no/ n I don’t know/ n not stated, % yes) | 38/4/8/2, 76% | 34/8/5/1, 72% | 42/3/5/1, 84% | 0.334 |