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Table 1 Comparison of results of three University Medical Centers

From: Complementary medicine usage in surgery: a cross-sectional survey in Germany

 

Freiburg

(n = 52)

Heidelberg

(n = 48)

Ulm

(n = 51)

p

Sociodemographic aspects

    

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

    

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

  1. (Percentage of all responding patients; p-values calculated by chi-squared-test, *p-value calculated by Kruskal-Wallis-test)