Table 3 Univariate analyses of patients’ characteristics associated with CAM use and demand for integrative therapeutic approaches
CAM use | Demand for CAM | Demand for relaxation therapies | Demand for dietary counseling | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Characteristics | Users (n = 236) | Non-users (n = 158) | p-value | Interest (n = 200) | No interest (n = 194) | p-value | Interest (n = 174) | No interest (n = 220) | p-value | Interest (n = 112) | No interest (n = 282) | p-value |
Age ± SD | 32.8 ± 4.5 | 30.9 ± 5.4 | p < 0.001 | 32.7 ± 4.6 | 31.0 ± 5.5 | p = 0.036 | 32.3 ± 4.8 | 31.9 ± 5.2 | p = 0.412 | 31.9 ± 4.8 | 32.1 ± 5.1 | p = 0.683 |
BMI ± SD | 23.7 ± 4.2 | 24.4 ± 4.9 | p = 0.102 | 23.6 ± 4.4 | 24.7 ± 4.6 | p = 0.042 | 24.3 ± 5.3 | 23.8 ± 3.8 | p = 0.267 | 24.3 ± 4.6 | 23.9 ± 4.5 | p = 0.354 |
Marital status (%) | P = 0.013 | p = 0.070 | p = 0.085 | p = 0.174 | ||||||||
Married/partner | 87.3 | 77.8 | 86.1 | 79.0 | 79.9 | 86.4 | 89.5 | 85.1 | ||||
Unmarried | 12.7 | 22.2 | 13.9 | 21.0 | 20.1 | 13.6 | 20.5 | 14.9 | ||||
Employment (%) | p < 0.001 | p < 0.001 | p < 0.001 | p = 0.378 | ||||||||
Employed | 89.4 | 59.5 | 86.9 | 60.8 | 86.8 | 70.0 | 80.4 | 76.2 | ||||
Unemployed | 10.6 | 40.5 | 13.1 | 39.2 | 13.2 | 30.0 | 19.6 | 23.8 | ||||
Education (%) | p < 0.001 | p < 0.001 | p = 0.001 | p = 0.136 | ||||||||
No graduation/secondary modern school (9 years) | 7.6 | 37.3 | 8.4 | 39.2 | 13.2 | 24.5 | 19.6 | 19.5 | ||||
Secondary modern school (10 years) | 15.3 | 15.8 | 14.3 | 17.4 | 12.1 | 18.2 | 9.8 | 17.7 | ||||
Grammar school | 77.1 | 46.8 | 77.3 | 43.4 | 74.7 | 57.3 | 70.5 | 62.8 | ||||
Physical activity (%) | p < 0.001 | p < 0.001 | p = 0.311 | p = 0.272 | ||||||||
Never/sometimes | 51.3 | 70.9 | 52.9 | 69.9 | 56.3 | 61.4 | 58.9 | 59.2 | ||||
1-2× per week | 35.6 | 20.3 | 37.1 | 16.1 | 33.3 | 26.4 | 25.9 | 30.9 | ||||
3-4× per week/daily | 13.1 | 8.9 | 10.0 | 14.0 | 10.3 | 12.3 | 15.2 | 9.9 | ||||
CAM use (%) | p < 0.001 | p = 0.015 | p = 0.835 | |||||||||
CAM user | 72.1 | 38.5 | 66.7 | 54.5 | 60.7 | 59.6 | ||||||
Non-CAM user | 27.9 | 61.5 | 33.3 | 45.5 | 39.3 | 40.4 | ||||||