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. 2016 Aug 8;3(3):e37. doi: 10.2196/mental.5900

Table 2.

Demographics.

Demographics GMa (n=16) IMMIb (n=15) Stats
Age (years) 45 (15) 38 (11) t=91; P=.37
Gender

% Female 94 80 X2c=1.3; P=.25
Race

% Caucasian 88 86 X2=2.01; P=.57

% Asian 0 7

% Hispanic 6 7

% Unknown 6 0
Education

% Bachelor's or higher 81 87 X2=2.37; P=.67
Income

% 0-25K 19 13 X2=6.42; P=.49

% 26-50K 25 34

% 50-100K 25 20

% >100K 31 33
Employment status

% Employed 74 87 X2=3.40; P=.49
Relationship status

% In relationship 63 60 X2=5.79; P=.22
Health coverage

% With coverage 94 93 X2=.002; P=.96
Experience with CAM (%) X2=7.03; P=.22

None 6 7

Once in the past 0 7

Few times in the past 56 66

I go every few months 19 0

I go every month 6 20

I go every few weeks 13 0

I go more than once a week 0 0
Expectancyd

IMMI 6.94 (.42) 7.62 (.26) X2=.40, P=.52

GM 6.61 (.37) 7.00 (.41) X2=.66, P=.42
Credibility

IMMI 5.88 (.41) 6.76 (.43) t=−1.48, P=.15

GM 5.22 (.47) 5.47 (.53) t=−.35, P=.73

aGM: access to guided meditation

bIMMI: Internet Mindfulness Meditation Intervention

cX2: Chi-square test for categorical variables

dExpectancy did not have normal distribution so a nonparametric Kruskal-Wallis chi-square test was used.