TABLE 1.
Baseline Patient Characteristicsa
| All (n = 1004) | Any CAM Med/Herbal (n = 206) | Any CAM Therapy (n = 319) | Any CAM (n = 430) | No CAM (n = 574) | F or P Value CAM vs. No CAM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age, mean (SD), year | 43.47 (13.44) | 42.99 (13.64) | 44.92 (12.99) | 44.37 (13.36) | 42.80 (13.48) | 0.0662 |
| Women | 714 (71.12) | 152 (73.79) | 234 (73.35) | 312 (72.56) | 402 (70.04) | 0.3828 |
| Education | 0.8929 | |||||
| <High school | 55 (5.49) | 16 (7.77) | 12 (3.76) | 25 (5.81) | 30 (5.25) | |
| 12 years | 165 (16.47) | 32 (15.53) | 50 (15.67) | 69 (16.05) | 96 (16.78) | |
| >12 years | 782 (78.04) | 158 (76.70) | 257 (80.56) | 336 (78.14) | 446 (77.97) | |
| Ethnicity | 0.6034 | |||||
| Hispanic | 196 (19.52) | 46 (22.33) | 62 (19.44) | 89 (20.70) | 107 (18.64) | |
| African American | 116 (11.55) | 21 (10.19) | 47 (14.73) | 53 (12.33) | 63 (10.98) | |
| White | 568 (56.57) | 112 (54.37) | 175 (54.86) | 240 (55.81) | 328 (57.14) | |
| Other | 124 (12.35) | 27 (13.11) | 35 (10.97) | 48 (11.16) | 76 (13.24) | |
| Number of chronic medical conditions | 0.0330 | |||||
| 0 | 203 (20.22) | 51 (24.76) | 64 (20.06) | 89 (20.70) | 114 (19.86) | |
| 1 | 219 (21.81) | 37 (17.96) | 51 (15.99) | 77 (17.91) | 142 (24.74) | |
| ≥2 | 582 (57.97) | 118 (57.28) | 204 (63.95) | 264 (61.40) | 318 (55.40) | |
| Anxiety disorderb | ||||||
| Panic | 475 (47.31) | 98 (47.57) | 146 (45.77) | 201 (46.74) | 274 (47.74) | 0.7557 |
| Generalized anxiety | 756 (75.30) | 158 (76.70) | 253 (79.31) | 338 (78.61) | 418 (72.82) | 0.0359 |
| Social phobia | 405 (40.34) | 81 (39.32) | 121 (37.93) | 168 (39.07) | 237 (41.29) | 0.4782 |
| Post-traumatic stress | 181 (18.03) | 41 (19.90) | 65 (20.38) | 86 (20.00) | 95 (16.55) | 0.1600 |
| Major depressive Disorder | 648 (64.54) | 132 (64.08) | 198 (62.07) | 273 (63.49) | 375 (65.33) | 0.5459 |
| Type of health insuranceb | ||||||
| Medicaid | 101 (10.08) | 21 (10.19) | 33 (10.35) | 46 (10.70) | 55 (9.62) | 0.5734 |
| Medicare | 124 (12.38) | 26 (12.62) | 42 (13.17) | 60 (13.95) | 64 (11.19) | 0.1892 |
| Other government insurancec | 35 (3.49) | 5 (2.43) | 11 (3.45) | 13 (3.02) | 22 (3.85) | 0.4836 |
| Private insurance | 749 (74.75) | 149 (72.33) | 237 (74.30) | 316 (73.49) | 433 (75.70) | 0.4254 |
| No insurance | 141 (14.07) | 33 (16.02) | 44 (13.79) | 62 (14.42) | 79 (13.81) | 0.7843 |
| Intervention | 503 (50.10) | 99 (48.06) | 155 (48.59) | 214 (49.77) | 289 (50.35) | 0.8554 |
a
Data are reported as number (%) unless otherwise indicated.
b
Patients could have more than one; therefore Ns may total more than 1004.
c
Includes Veterans’Administration benefits, TRICARE, county programs, or other government insurance not otherwise specified.