Patient satisfaction and side effects in primary care: An observational study comparing homeopathy and conventional medicine

Table 3 Demographic attributes and self rated health status of patients

		CP		HP
		#	%	#	%
Nr. of Patients		1363	53.9	1702	47.5
Age ^a	Mean	53.93		47.47
Female Patients ^a	Proportion	804	59.0	1276	75.0
Patients with higher education ^b†	Proportion	330	24.7	544	32.4
General health	excellent	63	4.7	62	3.7
	Very good	269	20.2	386	23.2
	good	697	52.4	884	53.0
	fair	254	19.1	298	17.9
	poor	46	3.5	37	2.2
Chronic conditions ^b	Proportion > 3 months	630	46.2	1018	59.8
Main health problems*	Proportion of subjective "severe" conditions	240	19.8	368	22.9

^aSignificant differences between groups using analysis of variance or chi-square test
^bSignificant differences between groups using logistic regression with age and gender as additional cofactors.
^† university or college degree

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