Original Article
Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Comparison of Current Knowledge, Attitudes and Interest among German Medical Students and Doctors
Table 1
Characteristics of the two groups of participants.
| | Characteristic | Doctors (n = 219) | Medical students (n = 217) |
| | Age, Mean (SD) (years) | 48.9 (8.1) | 24.8 (2.5) | | Gender, n (%) | | | | Male | 124 (56.6) | 87 (40.1) | | Female | 95 (43.4) | 130 (59.9) | | Marital status, n (%) | | | | Single | 18 (8.2) | 112 (51.6) | | Married | 188 (85.8) | 100 (46.1) | | Divorced | 13 (5.9) | 5 (2.3) | | Previous contact with CAM, n (%) | 219 (100) | 86 (39.6) | | Years in practice, n (%) | | | | 0–10 | 24 (11) | | | 11–20 | 81 (37) | — | | 21–30 | 80 (36.5) | | | 31–50 | 34 (15.5) | | | Academic qualification, n (%) | | | | Medical degree | 64 (29.2) | — | | Doctorate | 147 (67.1) | | | Professor | 2 (0.9) | | | Medical discipline, n (%) | | | | General medicine | 132 (60.3) | — | | Gynecology | 87 (39.3) | | | Future personal job perspective, n (%) | | | | Work in hospital | — | 117 (53.9) | | Work in medical practice | | 78 (35.9) | | Not work as physician | | 22 (10.2) |
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