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Table 1 Comparisons of area of residence against mean (SD) measures of CAM use, Neighbourhood satisfaction and safety, sense of community, and health status

From: A comparison of complementary and alternative medicine users and use across geographical areas: A national survey of 1,427 women

Characteristic

Major Cities

Inner Regional

Outer Regional

Remote/Very Remote

p-value

 

(n = 429)

(n = 437)

(n = 470)

(n = 91)

 

Number of different CAM modalities

2.2 (1.5)

2.1 (1.3)

2.0 (1.3)

1.9 (1.1)

0.3260

Total cost of consultations A B C

488.1 (441.2)

389.4 (384.1)

386.9 (364.0)

356.3 (333.3)

<0.0001

Number of different self- prescribed CAMs

2.1 (1.4)

2.0 (1.4)

1.9 (1.3)

2.1 (1.3)

0.4503

Total cost of self-prescribed CAMs

384.2 (393.8)

338.3 (336.2)

333.6 (336.2)

320.4 (305.9)

0.1360

Neighbourhood safety A B C

4.6 (1.4)

4.4 (1.4)

4.4 (1.6)

4.2 (1.8)

0.0036

Neighbourhood satisfaction

15.8 (4.3)

15.3 (4.1)

15.1 (4.4)

14.8 (4.7)

0.0557

Total Sense of Community Index A B C

25.5 (13.1)

30.0 (13.0)

31.8 (14.1)

34.0 (15.3)

<0.0001

Number of diagnoses

1.6 (1.5)

1.6 (1.5)

1.6 (1.6)

1.5 (1.5)

0.8726

Number of symptoms

5.9 (4.1)

6.1 (4.1)

6.0 (4.0)

5.8 (3.8)

0.1536

  1. A statistically significant difference between major cities and inner regional (p < 0.05)
  2. B statistically significant difference between major cities and outer regional (p < 0.05)
  3. C statistically significant difference between major cities and remote/very remote (p < 0.05)
  4. D statistically significant difference between inner regional and remote/very remote (p < 0.05)