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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Support Care Cancer. 2014 Apr 9;22(9):2465–2472. doi: 10.1007/s00520-014-2220-5

Table II.

Characteristics related to CAM Use

CAM Use (%) X2 p-value
Gender Male 66 (48.9%) 0.54
Female 84 (52.5%)

Race Caucasian 127 (51.6%) 0.78
African American 17 (46.0%)
Asian 4 (50.0%)
Native American 0 (0%)
Other 2 (66.7%)

Age Less than or Equal to 65 96 (56.5%) 0.02
Over 65 54 (43.2%)

Education Less than College Degree 82 (43.4%) <0.001
College Degree or more 68 (64.2%)

Smoking History Ever Smoker 109 (46.8%) 0.007
Never Smoker 41 (66.1%)

Cancer Type NSCLC 133 (52.6%) 0.14
SCLC 12 (37.5%)
Other 2 (28.6%)
Cancer Stage I 19 (54.3%) 0.24
II 10 (35.7%)
III 35 (46.1%)
IV 84 (54.65)

Treatment Phase Prior to Therapy 5 (38.5%) 0.07
Currently in Therapy 93 (57.8%)
Completed Therapy 41 (41.8%)
Other 10 (52.6%)

Perceived Health Status Fair/Poor 39 (56.5%) 0.28
Good/Very Good/Excellent 111 (49.1%)

Control over Cause No/Low Control 82 (45.3%) 0.02
Medium/High Control 68 (59.7%)

Control over Outcome No/Low Control 9 (50%) 0.94
Medium/High Control 141 (50.9%)

Religious Control No/Low Control 46 (49.5%) 0.75
Medium/High Control 104 (51.5%)