Table 1 Characteristics of the 1649 respondents included in the analysis
From: Patients’ expectations of private osteopathic care in the UK: a national survey of patients
Characteristic | This study | This study | From Fawkes et al. 2010 [[3]] |
|---|---|---|---|
number | % | % | |
Gender | |||
Male | 499 | 30.3 | 43.0 |
Female | 1149 | 69.7 | 56.0 |
Ethnicity | |||
White British | 1499 | 90.9 | 85.1 |
Other | 150 | 9.1 | 14.9 |
Employment status | |||
Employed | 655 | 40.3 | 45.6 |
Self employed | 295 | 17.9 | 16.5 |
Retired | 523 | 31.7 | 19.0 |
Other | 166 | 10.1 | 18.9 |
Naive to osteopathy | |||
Yes, new patient | 293 | 17.8 | 59.0 |
No, returning patient | 1356 | 82.2 | 40.0 |