Table 1.

Sociodemographic data.

Parameters	Therapists	Patients	Total	P value
Number of patients (%)	70 (50.0%)	70 (50.0%)	140 (100%)
Age				0.296
<30	6 (11.6%)	2 (2.9%)	10 (7.2%)
30–50	42 (60.9%)	50 (71.4%)	92 (66.2%)
>50	19 (27.5%)	18 (25.7%)	37 (26.6%)
Gender				0.693
Male	18 (25.7%)	16 (22.9%)	34 (24.3%)
Female	52 (74.3%)	54 (77.1%)	106 (75.7%)
Education				0.923
Secondary school	5 (7.1%)	5 (7.1%)	10 (7.1%)
Junior high school	16 (22.9%)	19 (27.1%)	35 (25.0%)
High school	13 (18.6%)	11 (15.7%)	24 (17.1%)
University/college	31 (44.3%)	28 (40.0%)	59 (42.1%)
Others	5 (7.1%)	7 (10.0%)	12 (8.6%)
Actual profession				<0.001
Medical doctor	24 (34.8%)	9 (12.9%)	33 (23.7%)
Alternative practitioner	5 (7.2%)	0 (0%)	5 (3.6%)
Ayurveda therapist	22 (31.9%)	11 (15.7%)	33 (23.7%)
Yoga instructor	3 (4.3%)	1 (1.4%)	4 (2.9%)
Psychologist	1 (1.4%)	0 (0%)	1 (0.7%)
Medical associated profession	3 (4.3%)	3 (4.3%)	6 (4.3%)
Others	11 (15.9%)	46 (65.7%)	57 (41.0%)
Income (€ per month)				0.233
<1000	17 (25.0%)	7 (10.3%)	24 (17.6%)
1000–1500	11 (16.2%)	11 (16.2%)	22 (16.2%)
1500–2000	9 (13.2%)	12 (17.6%)	21 (15.4%)
2000–2500	7 (10.3%)	6 (8.8%)	13 (9.6%)
>2500	16 (23.5%)	17 (25.0%)	33 (24.3%)
Unknown	8 (11.8%)	15 (22.1%)	23 (16.9%)
Number of children				0.653
0	28 (40.0%)	34 (49.3%)	62 (44.6%)
1	11 (15.7%)	11 (15.9%)	22 (15.8%)
≥2	31 (44.3%)	24 (34.7%)	55 (39.6%)
Location (number of inhabitants)				0.806
<5000	10 (14.3%)	8 (11.6%)	18 (12.9%)
5000–50 000	18 (25.7%)	17 (24.6%)	35 (25.2%)
50 000–100 000	11 (15.7%)	8 (11.6%)	19 (13.7%)
>100 000	29 (41.4%)	35 (50.7%)	64 (46.0%)
Unknown	2 (2.9%)	1 (1.4%)	3 (2.2%)