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Table 3 Characteristics of the participants (n = 606)a

From: Complementary and conventional providers in cancer care: experience of communication with patients and steps to improve communication with other providers

 

Total

Medical doctor (n = 152)

Nurse (n = 91)

Conventional health care provider with dual training (n = 47)

Complementary therapist (n = 316)

p-value

 

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

 

Age, years

0.003b

 Mean age

439

(48.2)

133

(45.5)

52

(50.4)

28

(50.7)

226

(48.9)

 

Level of education

<0.0001d

 Compulsory

2

(0.4)

 

(0.0)

 

(0.0)

 

(0.0)

2

(0.8)

 

 Middle level

45

(9.6)

 

(0.0)

 

(0.0)

 

(0.0)

45

(18.5)

 

 University up to 4 years

143

(30.4)

 

(0.0)

28

(50.0)

14

(45.2)

101

(41.6)

 

 University more than 4 years/PhD

280

(59.6)

140

(100)

28

(50.0)

17

(54.8)

95

(39.1)

 

Professiona

 

 Oncology doctor

32

(16.2)

32

(100)

       

 Family physician

124

(59.6)

121

(97.6)

  

3

(2.4)

   

 Nurse

118

(41.5)

  

91

(100)

27

(93.1)

   

 Conventional health care provider with dual training

1

(0.6)

    

1

(100)

   

 Acupuncturist

212

(57.5)

 

(0.0)

 

(0.0)

38

(17.9)

174

(82.0)

 

 Massage therapist

128

(46.7)

 

(0.0)

 

(0.0)

9

(75.0)

119

(73.0)

 

 Reflexologist/zonetherapist

42

(22.5)

 

(80.0)

 

(0.0)

3

(7.1)

36

(92.8)

 

Clinical practice

<0.0001d

 Full time health provider

287

(71.9)

121

(89.0)

38

(77.6)

18

(72.0)

110

(58.2)

 

 Part time health provider

92

(23.1)

11

(8.1)

10

(20.4)

5

(20.0)

66

(34.9)

 

 Other (students or retired persons)

20

(5.0)

4

(2.9)

1

(2.0)

2

(8.0)

13

(6.9)

 

Patient visits per week

<0.0001c

 1–19 patients

132

(33.9)

11

(8.3)

27

(57.4)

4

(16.0)

90

(48.6)

 

 20–39 patients

121

(31.1)

28

(21.2)

17

(36.2)

5

(20.0)

71

(38.4)

 

 40 or more patients

136

(35.0)

93

(70.5)

3

(6.4)

16

(64.0)

24

(13.0)

 

Cancer patient visits per week

<0.0001d

 1–19 cancer patients

362

(92.1)

126

(92.6)

31

(64.6)

23

(92.0)

182

(98.9)

 

 20 and more patients

31

(7.9)

10

(7.4)

17

(35.4)

2

(8.0)

2

(1.1)

 

Location

0.004c

 Rural area

119

(29.9)

57

(41.9)

7

(14.6)

3

(12.0)

52

(27.5)

 

 Small city, village (up to 50,000 inhabitants)

153

(38.4)

44

(32.4)

23

(47.9)

12

(48.0)

74

(39.2)

 

 Large city (>50,000 inhabitants)

126

31.7)

35

(25.7)

18

(37.5)

10

(40.0)

63

(33.3)

 
  1. aDue to multiple response on one or more variables, the analyzed numbers do not always add up to the total number
  2. bOne-way ANOVA
  3. cChi-square
  4. dFisher’s exact test
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