Table 1 Demographics of the patients
Item | n (%) |
|---|---|
Number of patients | |
Total | 261 (100 %) |
Gender | |
Female | 171 (65.5) |
Male | 90 (34.5) |
Age (years) | |
0–17 | 19 (7.3) |
18–34 | 111 (42.5) |
35–54 | 71 (27.2) |
≥55 | 60 (23.0) |
Country of birth | |
Australia | 174 (69.6) |
Asia | 47 (18.8) |
Europe | 19 (7.6) |
Other | 10 (4.0) |
Missing | 11 |
Occupation | |
Student | 94 (38.7) |
Employed | 102 (42.0) |
Retired | 33 (13.6) |
Housewife | 9 (3.7) |
Unemployed | 5 (2.1) |
Missing | 18 |
Distance from patients residence to the teaching clinic (km) | |
≤10 | 119 (46.1) |
11–35 | 105 (40.7) |
≥36 | 37 (13.2) |
Chinese medicine experience | |
First time | 63 (24.6) |
Return user | 193 (75.4) |
Missing | 5 |
Number of visits | |
1 | 118 (45.2) |
2–5 | 100 (38.3) |
≥6 | 43 (16.5) |
Number of other medical conditions | |
None | 140 (53.6) |
1 or 2 | 43 (16.5) |
More than 3 | 78 (29.9) |
Use of other health carea | |
Visit to medical practitioners | 108 (89.3) |
Supplements and herbs | 27 (22.3) |
Chiropractic | 8 (6.6) |
Homeopathy | 5 (4.1) |
Osteopathy | 4 (3.3) |
Massage | 4 (3.3) |
Naturopathy | 4 (3.3) |
Kinesiology | 2 (1.7) |
Myotherapy | 1 (0.8) |
Meditation | 1 (0.8) |
Physiotherapy | 1 (0.8) |
Qi gong | 1 (0.8) |
Podiatry | 1 (0.8) |
Buteyko exercise | 1 (0.8) |
Alcohol use (n = 44) | |
Nondrinker or drink rarely | 13 (29.5) |
Drink socially | 25 (56.8) |
Drink daily | 6 (13.6) |
Smoking (n = 35) | |
Non smoker | 16 (45.7) |
Ex-smoker | 8 (22.9) |
Smoker | 11 (31.4) |