Table 1.
Sociodemographic and Clinical Characteristics | CAM Users with Back Pain (%) (n = 1,647) |
---|---|
Age (years) | |
<30 | 17 |
30–39 | 22 |
40–49 | 25 |
50–64 | 24 |
≥65 | 12 |
Sex | |
Male | 44 |
Female | 56 |
Education | |
<High school | 9 |
Completed high school | 61 |
Beyond high school | 30 |
Annual household income ($) | |
<20,000 | 17 |
20,000–34,999 | 27 |
35,000–64,999 | 24 |
≥65,000 | 28 |
Race | |
White | 90 |
Non-white | 10 |
Employment | |
Employed | 70 |
Unemployed | 30 |
Insurance | |
Private | 68 |
Medicare | 14 |
Medicaid | 3 |
Uninsured | 1 |
Unknown | 2 |
Region | |
Northeast | 20 |
Midwest | 32 |
South | 26 |
West | 23 |
Married | 51 |
Self-reported health status | |
Excellent/very good/good | 88 |
Fair/poor | 12 |
Body mass index | |
<18.5 | 2 |
≥18.5–25 | 38 |
>25–29 | 35 |
≥30 | 22 |
Smoker | 24 |
CAM, complementary and alternative medicine.