Table 2.
Demographics.
| Demographics | GMa (n=16) | IMMIb (n=15) | Stats | |
| Age (years) | 45 (15) | 38 (11) | t=91; P=.37 | |
| Gender | ||||
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% Female | 94 | 80 | X2c=1.3; P=.25 |
| Race | ||||
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% Caucasian | 88 | 86 | X2=2.01; P=.57 |
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% Asian | 0 | 7 |
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% Hispanic | 6 | 7 |
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% Unknown | 6 | 0 |
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| Education | ||||
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% Bachelor's or higher | 81 | 87 | X2=2.37; P=.67 |
| Income | ||||
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% 0-25K | 19 | 13 | X2=6.42; P=.49 |
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% 26-50K | 25 | 34 |
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% 50-100K | 25 | 20 |
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% >100K | 31 | 33 |
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| Employment status | ||||
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% Employed | 74 | 87 | X2=3.40; P=.49 |
| Relationship status | ||||
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% In relationship | 63 | 60 | X2=5.79; P=.22 |
| Health coverage | ||||
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% With coverage | 94 | 93 | X2=.002; P=.96 |
| Experience with CAM (%) | X2=7.03; P=.22 | |||
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None | 6 | 7 |
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Once in the past | 0 | 7 |
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Few times in the past | 56 | 66 |
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I go every few months | 19 | 0 |
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I go every month | 6 | 20 |
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I go every few weeks | 13 | 0 |
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I go more than once a week | 0 | 0 |
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| Expectancyd | ||||
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IMMI | 6.94 (.42) | 7.62 (.26) | X2=.40, P=.52 |
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GM | 6.61 (.37) | 7.00 (.41) | X2=.66, P=.42 |
| Credibility | ||||
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IMMI | 5.88 (.41) | 6.76 (.43) | t=−1.48, P=.15 |
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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.