Table 1 Demographic data
From: Use of complementary and alternative medicine by older adults – a cross-sectional survey
Demographics | Total | Self-reliant | Home care service | Nursing home | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | Without legal guardian | With legal guardian | Total | Without legal guardian | With legal guardian | |||
% (n) | % (n) | % (n) | % (n) | % (n) | % (n) | % (n) | % (n) | |
Participantsa | 100.0 (400) | 38.5 (154) | 24.3 (97) | 22.8 (91) | 1.5 (6) | 37.3 (149) | 27.5 (110) | 9.8 (39) |
Age (years, mean ± SD) | 81.8 ± 7.4 | 79.8 ± 7.1 | 82.1 ± 6.6 | 82.5 ± 6.1 | 76.0 ± 10.5 | 83.8 ± 7.7 | 83.7 ± 8.2 | 84.2 ± 6.3 |
Female | 78.5 (310) | 78.8 (119) | 84.2 (80) | 88.8 (79) | 28.2 (11) | 74.5 (111) | 75.5 (83) | 71.8 (28) |
Living with partner | 21.7 (76) | 25.3 (38) | 24.4 (22) | 24.4 (22) | n/a | 14.6 (16) | 14.6 (16) | n/a |
Approved care, any levelc | 58.4 (227) | 9.7 (14) | 70.5 (67) | 70.8 (63) | 66.7 (4) | 98.0 (146) | 98.2 (108) | 97.4 (38) |
Approved care level Ib,d | 52.4 (118) | 85.7 (12) | 58.2 (39) | 58.7 (37) | 50.0 (2) | 46.5 (67) | 55.7 (59) | 21.1 (8) |
Approved care level IIb,e | 39.1 (88) | 14.3 (2) | 38.8 (26) | 38.1 (24) | 50.0 (2) | 41.7 (60) | 44.3 (47) | 34.2 (13) |
Approved care level IIIb,f | 8.4 (19) | 0 (0) | 3.0 (2) | 3.2 (2) | 0 (0) | 11.8 (17) | 0 (0) | 44.7 (17) |
Statutory health insurance | 93.1 (359) | 85.7 (126) | 96.7 (87) | 96.5 (82) | 100.0 (5) | 98.7 (146) | 99.1 (109) | 97.4 (37) |
Private health insurance | 6.8 (26) | 15.3 (21) | 3.3 (3) | 3.5 (3) | 0 (0) | 1.4 (2) | 0.9 (1) | 2.6 (1) |
>10 years of school | 12.1 (42) | 21.1 (31) | 5.6 (5) | 5.6 (5) | n/a | 5.5 (6) | 5.5 (6) | n/a |
Metropolitan area (Berlin) | 50.3 (201) | 61.7 (95) | 47.4 (46) | 44.0 (40) | 100.0 (6) | 40.3 (60) | 47.3 (52) | 20.5 (8) |
Rural area (Brandenburg) | 49.7 (199) | 38.3 (59) | 52.6 (51) | 56.0 (51) | 0 (0) | 59.7 (89) | 52.7 (58) | 79.5 (31) |