| Prevalence in the total sample | Proportion using TM | Proportion not using TM | p-value* | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
% | n** | % | n | % | n | Â | |
Current state of health | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | <0.001 |
 Poor | 32.0 | 4983 | 17.5 | 874 | 82.5 | 4109 |  |
 Good | 68.0 | 10,565 | 11.7 | 1233 | 88.3 | 9332 |  |
Physiological problems | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Daily cough | 16.0 | 2134 | 15.0 | 320 | 85.0 | 1814 | 0.059 |
 Heart attack | 4.1 | 614 | 13.5 | 83 | 86.5 | 531 | 0.925 |
 Angina pectoris | 6.7 | 1006 | 17.4 | 175 | 82.6 | 831 | <0.001 |
 Cerebral stroke/brain haemorrhage | 2.5 | 369 | 14.6 | 54 | 85.4 | 315 | 0.534 |
 Multiple sclerosis | 0.3 | 38 | 26.3 | 10 | 73.7 | 28 | 0.021 |
 Fracture | 11.5 | 1764 | 12.4 | 219 | 87.6 | 1545 | 0.104 |
 Asthma | 10.7 | 1625 | 18.1 | 294 | 81.9 | 1331 | <0.001 |
 Chronic bronchitis | 4.6 | 694 | 16.4 | 114 | 83.6 | 580 | 0.052 |
 Diabetes | 4.3 | 654 | 14.1 | 92 | 85.9 | 562 | 0.037 |
 Fibromyalgia/chronic pain syndrome | 9.7 | 1432 | 20.5 | 294 | 79.5 | 1138 | <0.001 |
 Ulcerous colitis | 1.2 | 175 | 22.3 | 39 | 77.7 | 136 | 0.001 |
 Pain/stiffness in muscles or joints for at least three months last year | 42.7 | 6392 | 15.7 | 1006 | 84.3 | 5386 | <0.001 |
Psychological problems | 11.7 | 1741 | 20.7 | 361 | 79.3 | 1380 | <0.001 |
 Sad/depressed | 12.9 | 1699 | 20.3 | 349 | 79.7 | 1368 | <0.001 |
 Insomnia | 35.3 | 4612 | 15.9 | 733 | 84.1 | 3879 | <0.001 |
Unable to cope with difficulties last 14Â days | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | <0.001 |
 No | 78.2 | 10,298 | 12.3 | 1262 | 87.7 | 9036 |  |
 Sometimes | 19.1 | 2516 | 18.5 | 466 | 81.5 | 2050 |  |
 Often | 1.9 | 249 | 23.7 | 59 | 76.3 | 190 |  |
 Almost all the time | 0.8 | 108 | 26.9 | 29 | 73.1 | 79 |  |
Do you sometimes feel lonely? | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | <0.001 |
 No | 61.1 | 8104 | 12.3 | 995 | 87.7 | 7109 |  |
 Sometimes | 35.3 | 4679 | 15.5 | 726 | 84.5 | 3953 |  |
 Often | 3.6 | 480 | 21.7 | 104 | 78.3 | 376 |  |