Table I.
Prevalence of those who have been to only a general practitioner (GP), both a GP and a CAM practitioner (GP&CAM), and only a CAM practitioner (CAM) during the previous 12 months by sociodemographics and health status.
| Total n (incl. no visits) | p-value GP vs. GP&CAM | GP&CAM | GP | CAM | p-value GP vs. CAM | |
| All | 8.4 | 64.0 | 1.5 | |||
| (n) | (54 448) | (4563) | (34854) | (837) | ||
| Sex | ||||||
| Female | 29 716 | <0.001 | 9.9 | 68.5 | 1.4 | <0.001 |
| Male | 24 732 | 6.5 | 58.6 | 1.7 | ||
| Age group | ||||||
| 20–29 | 7 071 | <0.001 | 6.8 | 65.0 | 1.1 | <0.001 |
| 30–39 | 9 505 | 9.2 | 62.3 | 1.6 | ||
| 40–49 | 11 239 | 9.6 | 58.4 | 2.1 | ||
| 50–59 | 9 382 | 9.9 | 62.1 | 1.8 | ||
| 60–69 | 7 688 | 8.2 | 65.4 | 1.5 | ||
| 70–79 | 7 131 | 5.9 | 72.1 | 1.1 | ||
| 80 + | 2 432 | 5.8 | 73.2 | 0.9 | ||
| Marital status | ||||||
| Married/cohabiting | 41 491 | <0.001 | 8.8 | 64.3 | 1.6 | <0.001 |
| Single | 6 360 | 6.6 | 57.8 | 1.3 | ||
| Divorced/separated | 2 045 | 10.2 | 63.8 | 2.2 | ||
| Widow(er) | 4 434 | 6.5 | 70.3 | 1.0 | ||
| Education | ||||||
| Compulsory school | 18 833 | <0.001 | 7.7 | 66.9 | 1.4 | 0.008 |
| Middle level | 22 319 | 9.0 | 62.9 | 1.6 | ||
| University | 10 639 | 8.9 | 60.5 | 1.6 | ||
| Social welfare benefits | 11 068 | <0.001 | 10.5 | 68.2 | 1.5 | 0.350 |
| Smokes cigarettes daily | 14 345 | 0.958 | 8.3 | 63.8 | 1.5 | 0.443 |
| HADS-T mean score | 54 448 | <0.001 | 9.0 | 7.8 | 7.6 | 0.418 |
| Global health | ||||||
| Very good | 8 476 | <0.001 | 4.4 | 54.6 | 1.5 | <0.001 |
| Good | 30 699 | 7.2 | 62.1 | 1.7 | ||
| Fair | 13 853 | 12.8 | 73.3 | 1.2 | ||
| Poor | 962 | 18.2 | 71.0 | 1.9 | ||
| Recent complaint | 42 684 | <0.001 | 9.7 | 66.5 | 1.6 | 0.536 |
| Chronic complaint | 12 566 | <0.001 | 12.9 | 71.0 | 1.4 | 0.002 |
| Asthma | 4 655 | <0.001 | 11.0 | 71.5 | 1.2 | 0.004 |
| Cardiovascular disease | 4 267 | <0.001 | 7.3 | 80.9 | 0.6 | <0.001 |
| Diabetes | 1 680 | <0.001 | 7.1 | 82.7 | 0.3 | <0.001 |
| Musculoskeletal disease | 7 015 | <0.001 | 13.4 | 70.3 | 1.4 | 0.021 |
| Epilepsy | 844 | 0.574 | 9.2 | 66.0 | 1.1 | 0.232 |
| Psychiatric complaint | 6 029 | <0.001 | 15.1 | 69.6 | 1.5 | 0.415 |
| Cancer | 2 089 | 0.387 | 9.9 | 71.1 | 0.9 | 0.005 |
| Another chronic disease | 4 338 | <0.001 | 12.7 | 70.3 | 1.2 | 0.020 |
| Injury leading to hospitalization | 9 628 | 0.001 | 9.3 | 63.7 | 1.6 | 0.740 |
| Hay fever | 9 439 | <0.001 | 11.6 | 66.5 | 1.7 | 0.407 |
p-values are calculated for GP vs. GP&CAM and for GP vs. CAM respectively. Percentage of all participants within group (including those with no visits to GP or CAM).