Table 3 Patients' socio-demographic characteristics by attitudes to health
From: Use of complementary and alternative medicine and self-tests by coronary heart disease patients
| Â | Alternative medicine | Medical outcomes | Medical encounters | Natural remedies | Holism | Rejection of authority | Responsibility | Consumerism |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gender | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Males mean (SD) | -0.02 (1.01) | -0.01 (0.96) | 0.03 (0.98) | -0.009 (1.0) | 0.002 (1.02) | -0.05 (1.04) | -0.04 (0.98) | -0.06 (1.02) |
Females mean (SD) | 0.08 (0.98) | 0.04 (1.12) | -0.11 (1.07) | -0.03 (1.03) | -0.005 (0.93) | 0.17 (0.84) | 0.13 (1.05) | 0.22 (0.88) |
Mean Difference | -0.10 | -0.049 | 0.14 | -0.038 | 0.007 | -0.22 | -0.17 | -0.28* |
95% CI of mean diff | -0.34, 0.14 | -0.29, 0.19 | -0.10, 0.38 | -0.27, 0.20 | -0.23, 0.24 | -0.45, 0.02 | -0.40, 0.07 | -0.49, -0.07 |
p-value | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.07 | 0.2 | 0.02 |
Ethnicity | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Whites mean (SD) | 0.04 (0.95) | -0.09 (0.97) | -0.07 (0.99) | -0.05 (0.99) | -0.001 (0.98) | 0.017 (1.00) | -0.018 (1.05) | 0.008 (1.00) |
Non-whites mean (SD) | -0.22 (1.22) | 0.48 (1.02) | 0.35 (0.99) | 0.26 (1.07) | 0.007 (1.10) | -0.08 (1.00) | 0.09 (0.68) | -0.04 (1.01) |
Mean Difference | 0.27 | -0.57* | -0.43* | -0.31* | -0.008 | 0.10 | -0.11 | 0.05 |
95% CI of mean diff | -0.06, 0.59 | -0.84, -0.31 | -0.69, -0.17 | -0.58, -0.05 | -0.27, 0.25 | -0.16, 0.36 | -0.31, 0.09 | -0.22, 0.31 |
p-value | 0.05 | <0.001 | 0.001 | 0.02 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.7 |
Age group | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
<65 yrs mean (SD) | 0.07 (1.01) | 0.03 (1.04) | 0.13 (1.02) | 0.02 (1.04) | 0.01 (1.03) | -0.02 (1.08) | -0.05 (1.01) | -0.013 (1.03) |
65+ yrs mean (SD) | -0.11 (0.98) | -0.04 (0.92) | -0.20 (0.93) | -0.03 (0.94) | -0.02 (0.95) | 0.02 (0.87) | 0.07 (0.98) | 0.02 (0.97) |
Mean Difference | 0.19 | 0.06 | 0.33* | 0.05 | 0.03 | -0.04 | -0.12 | -0.03 |
95% CI of mean diff | -0.02, 0.39 | -0.14, 0.27 | 0.13, 0.53 | -0.15, 0.25 | -0.16, 0.23 | -0.24, 0.16 | -0.32, 0.08 | -0.17, 0.23 |
p-value | 0.07 | 0.5 | 0.001 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.8 |