Table 1.
Characteristic | No. (%) |
---|---|
Demographics | |
Female | 138 (55) |
Ethnicity | |
White or European American | 133 (59) |
Black or African American | 40 (18) |
Asian or Asian American | 37 (16) |
Hispanic | 17 (8) |
Median age, y (range) | 39 (18 to 85) |
Education | |
High school graduate or less | 47 (19) |
Some college/college graduate | 128 (52) |
Postcollege education | 72 (29) |
Yearly income, $ | |
<20,000 | 57 (24) |
20,000 to 39,999 | 55 (23) |
40,000 to 59,999 | 43 (18) |
60,000+ | 87 (36) |
Health and health care characteristics | |
Chronic medical problem or disability | 69 (28) |
Daily prescription medicine | 117 (47) |
Mean number of prescription medicines (range) | 3.4 (1 to 25) |
Self-rated health status excellent or very good | 118 (48) |
Current regular MD | 139 (56) |
Own MD style* | |
Biomedical | 54 (39) |
Patient-centered | 84 (61) |
Satisfaction with own MD (extremely or very)* | 99 (71) |
CAM usage | |
Any CAM use | 189 (76) |
Use of supplements, herbs, or folk remedies | 137 (55) |
Disclosure of CAM use to MD† | 33 (50) |
In subset of participants with a regular MD (N = 139).
In subset of participants with a regular MD who use supplements, herbs, or folk remedies (N = 70).
CAM, complementary and alternative medicine.