Table 1.
Description of patient characteristics for total sample, users of Complementary Health Approaches and non CHA users
| Total N = 623 |
Used CHA† N = 196 |
Did Not Use CHA N = 419 |
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| Age M(SD) | 62.6 (12.9) | 60.0 (12.6)** | 63.8 (12.89) |
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| N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | |
| Gender | *** | ||
| Male | 353 (56.7) | 89 (45.4) | 259 (61.8) |
| Female | 270 (43.3) | 107 (54.6) | 160 (38.2) |
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| Race/ethnicity | NS | ||
| White, Non-Hispanic | 460 (73.8) | 141 (71.9) | 316 (75.4) |
| Other | 163 (26.2) | 55 (28.1) | 103 (24.6) |
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| Marital status | * | ||
| Other | 177 (28.5) | 67 (34.1) | 104 (24.9) |
| Married/living as married | 445 (71.4) | 129 (65.8) | 314 (75.1) |
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| Education completed | ** | ||
| High school or less | 130 (20.9) | 25 (12.8) | 100 (23.9) |
| Some college or more | 492 (79.0) | 171 (87.2) | 318 (76.1) |
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| Type of cancer | NS | ||
| Colorectal | 371 (59.6) | 122 (62.2) | 244 (58.2) |
| Bladder | 163 (26.2) | 41 (20.9) | 121 (28.9) |
| Leukemia | 89 (14.3) | 33 (16.8) | 54 (12.9) |
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| Perceived health status | NS | ||
| Poor/Fair | 101 (16.2) | 29 (15.0) | 72 (17.2) |
| Good | 220 (35.3) | 65 (33.7) | 155 (37.0) |
| Very good/Excellent | 291 (46.7) | 99 (51.3) | 192 (45.8) |
*
p<.05,
**
p<.01,
***
p<.001
†
Significance tests compared those who endorsed the reported value to those who did not.
Note. Total scores that do not add up to 100% are due to missing responses.