Table 2.

Association between respondents’ characteristics and demand for integrative therapeutic approaches as well as complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use

Characteristics	CAM use			Demand for CAM			Demand for relaxation therapies			Demand for dietary counseling
	Users (n = 107)	Non-users (n = 75)	p	Interest (n = 98)	No interest (n = 84)	p	Interest (n = 80)	No interest (n = 102)	p	Interest (n = 79)	No interest (n = 103)	p
Age ± standard deviation	55.1 ± 13.4	62.7 ± 14.6	<0.001	54.5 ± 12.0	62.8 ± 15.8	<0.001	55.8 ± 14.4	60.2 ± 14.1	0.041	54.9 ± 13.7	60.8 ± 14.4	0.006
BMI ± standard deviation	23.9 ± 4.8	25.2 ± 5.0	0.081	24.6 ± 5.5	24.3 ± 4.2	0.692	23.5 ± 4.6	25.1 ± 5.1	0.029	24.0 ± 5.0	24.8 ± 4.8	0.259
Marital status, %			0.664			0.343			0.448			0.115
Married/partner	64.5	61.3		66.3	59.5		66.3	60.8		69.6	58.3
Unmarried	35.5	38.7		33.7	40.5		33.8	39.2		30.4	41.7
Employment, %			0.005			<0.001			0.218			0.001
Employed	61.7	37.3		69.4	31.3		58.8	46.1		67.1	39.8
Unemployed	8.4	12.0		5.1	14.5		7.5	11.8		5.1	13.6
Retired	29.9	50.7		25.5	54.2		33.8	42.2		27.8	46.6
Education, %			<0.001			<0.001			0.007			0.318
No graduation/secondary modern school (9 years)	16.8	45.3		17.3	41.7		20.0	35.3		24.1	32.0
Secondary modern school (10 years)	22.4	21.3		18.4	26.2		17.5	25.5		20.3	23.3
Grammar school	60.7	33.3		64.3	32.1		62.5	39.2		55.7	44.7
Physical activity, %			0.007			0.495			0.323			0.285
Never/sometimes	46.7	66.7		51.0	59.5		48.8	59.8		51.9	57.3
1–2 × per week	20.6	20.0		21.4	19.0		23.8	17.6		17.7	22.3
3–4 × per week/daily	32.7	13.3		27.6	21.4		27.5	22.5		30.4	20.4
CAM use, %						<0.001			<0.001			0.009
CAM user				79.6	34.5		77.5	44.1		69.6	50.5
Non-CAM user				20.4	65.5		22.5	55.9		30.4	49.5