Table 3.
Patient characteristics
| Patient characteristics | Patients % (n) | CAM user % (n) | No CAM user % (n) | Spearman’s correlation coefficient, rs | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age in years | −0.25a | < 0.01 | |||
| < 30 | 2 (12) | 2 (4) | 1 (8) | ||
| 30–49 | 17 (130) | 30 (59) | 13 (71) | ||
| 50–69 | 46 (344) | 46 (91) | 45 (253) | ||
| > 70 | 31 (234) | 16 (32) | 36 (202) | ||
| Unknown | 5 (35) | 6 (12) | 4 (23) | ||
| Total | 101 (755) | 100 (198) | 100 (557) | ||
| Sex | 0.22b | < 0.01 | |||
| Women | 64 (484) | 80 (158) | 59 (326) | ||
| Men | 34 (259) | 17 (34) | 40 (225) | ||
| Unknown | 2 (12) | 3 (6) | 1 (6) | ||
| Total | 100 (755) | 100 (198) | 100 (557) | ||
| Diagnosis | |||||
| Breast cancer | 38 (285) | 51 (101) | 33 (184) | ||
| Urogenital cancer | 18 (138) | 8 (16) | 22 (122) | ||
| Gastrointestinal cancer | 14 (103) | 9 (18) | 15 (85) | ||
| Gynecological cancer | 12 (92) | 16 (31) | 11 (61) | ||
| Head, neck, lung or skin cancer | 12 (92) | 11 (21) | 13 (71) | ||
| Sarcoma | 0 (2) | 1 (1) | 0 (1) | ||
| Unknown | 6 (43) | 5 (10) | 6 (33) | ||
| Total | 100 (755) | 100 (198) | 100 (557) | ||
| Highest education | 0.14c | < 0.01 | |||
| Elementary school | 18 (137) | 8 (16) | 22 (121) | ||
| High school | 31 (233) | 31 (62) | 31 (171) | ||
| College/University | 49 (368) | 57 (112) | 46 (256) | ||
| Unknown | 2 (17) | 4 (8) | 2 (9) | ||
| Total | 100 (755) | 100 (198) | 100 (557) |
ars calculated using age as a continuous variable; brs calculated with a positive correlation for women; crs calculated using 4 categories with increased value for higher highest education