Items | Level of agreement n (%) | Subscales | |||||
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Mean (Standard deviation) | |||||||
Strongly disagree | Disagree | Unsure | Agree | Strongly agree | |||
Health believes/philosophical view | 1. CAM is an important aspect of my own family’s health care | 11 (5.3) | 22 (10.6) | 93 (44.9) | 73 (35.3) | 8 (3.9) | 25.73 (3.47) |
2. Both mind and body must be treated for the patient to regain complete health | 3 (1.4) | 4 (1.9) | 14 (6.7) | 114 (54.5) | 74 (35.4) | ||
3. Patients should have the right to choose between conventional treatments and CAM therapies in health care | 5 (2.4) | 19 (9.2) | 30 (14.5) | 127 (61.4) | 26 (12.6) | ||
4. Conventional health care services are too impersonal | 5 (2.5) | 43 (21.1) | 79 (38.7) | 62 (30.4) | 15 (7.4) | ||
5. People are afraid of examinations and treatments from conventional health care services | 13 (6.3) | 70 (33.8) | 61 (29.5) | 57 (27.5) | 6 (2.9) | ||
6. Conventional health care services do not meet people’s expectations | 14 (6.8) | 54 (26.3) | 60 (29.3) | 68 (33.2) | 9 (4.4) | ||
7. The changes that have taken place in the conventional health care system have encouraged people to use CAM methods to a greater extent | 6 (2.9) | 33 (16) | 80 (38.8) | 81 (39.3) | 6 (2.9) | ||
8. Patients with an untreatable condition should be encouraged to seek CAM therapies | 6 (2.9) | 27 (13.1) | 76 (36.9) | 72 (35) | 25 (12.1) | ||
Effect of CAM | 9. Some forms of CAM therapies are as effective as conventional treatments | 5 (2.4) | 27 (13) | 81 (39.1) | 83 (40.1) | 11 (5.3) | 14.91 (2.01) |
10. Surgical patients can be helped by using CAM therapies | 7 (3.5) | 19 (9.5) | 87 (43.5) | 77 (38.5) | 10 (5) | ||
11. Some forms of CAM therapies work better than conventional treatments | 6 (2.9) | 30 (14.6) | 89 (43.2) | 69 (33.5) | 12 (5.8) | ||
12. Positive effects of CAM therapies are in most cases due to placebo effect | 7 (3.4) | 27 (13.1) | 120 (58.3) | 50 (24.3) | 2 (1) | ||
13. CAM therapies could be used as a complement to the treatments used in conventional health care | 4 (2) | 25 (12.2) | 53 (25.9) | 100 (48.8) | 23 (11.2) | ||
Risk of CAM | 14. Patients are not adequately informed about CAM therapies in the hospital | 7 (3.4) | 15 (7.2) | 42 (20.2) | 110 (52.9) | 34 (16.3) | 15.28 (2.34) |
15. CAM therapies are completely safe | 9 (4.3) | 50 (24) | 100 (48.1) | 36 (17.3) | 13 (6.3) | ||
16. The use of CAM therapies may delay the patients’ decision to contact conventional health professionals | 6 (2.9) | 13 (6.3) | 65 (31.4) | 117 (56.5) | 6 (2.9) | ||
17. CAM therapies may involve unknown risk factors for users’ health | 6 (2.9) | 25 (12.3) | 80 (39.2) | 81 (39.7) | 12 (5.9) | ||
18. CAM therapies are offered just for financial gain by quack health careers | 17 (8.2) | 70 (33.8) | 84 (40.6) | 31 (15) | 5 (2.4) |