| Characteristic | Stollery | CHEO | Both sites, no. (%) or mean ± SD | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n* | No. (%) or mean ± SD | n* | No. (%) or mean ± SD | |||||
| Age, mean ± SD | 141 | 36.8 ± 9.2 | 31 | 40 ± 7.2 | 37.4 ± 8.9 | |||
| Sex, male | 143 | 22 | (15.4) | 30 | 5 | (16.7) | 27 | (15.6) |
| Highest completed level of education | 140 | 30 | ||||||
| No formal education | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Primary school only | 3 | (2.1) | 0 | 3 | (1.8) | |||
| Secondary school | 44 | (31.4) | 8 | (26.7) | 52 | (30.6) | ||
| Registered apprentice or trade | 7 | (5.0) | 1 | (3.3) | 8 | (4.7) | ||
| College, CEGEP or other non-university | 41 | (29.3) | 9 | (30.3) | 50 | (29.4) | ||
| University, without a degree | 14 | (10.0) | 1 | (3.3) | 15 | (8.8) | ||
| University graduate§ | 27 | (19.3) | 11 | (36.7) | 38 | (22.4) | ||
| Other | 4 | (2.9) | 0 | 4 | (2.4) | |||
| Annual household income, $ | 128 | 30 | ||||||
| < 10 000 | 3 | (2.3) | 0 | 3 | (1.9) | |||
| 10 000–19 999 | 10 | (7.8) | 2 | (6.7) | 12 | (7.6) | ||
| 20 000–39 999 | 20 | (15.6) | 2 | (6.7) | 22 | (13.9) | ||
| 40 000–79 999 | 41 | (32.0) | 11 | (36.7) | 52 | (32.9) | ||
| ≥ 80 000 | 54 | (42.2) | 15 | (50.0) | 69 | (43.7) | ||
| Availability of insurance for CAM | 145 | 55 | (38.7) | 31 | 21 | (67.7) | 76 | (43.9) |
| Use of CAM in lifetime, yes | 145 | 105 | (72.4) | 31 | 22 | (71.0) | 127 | (72.2) |
Note: CAM = complementary and alternative medicine, CEGEP = Collège d’enseignement général et professionnel, CHEO = Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, SD = standard deviation. *Number of valid responses. †Significantly higher at CHEO than Stollery (p = 0.008). ‡Significantly higher at Stollery than CHEO (p = 0.003). §Significantly higher at CHEO than Stollery (p = 0.04). ¶Significantly higher at CHEO than Stollery (p = 0.01).