Table 3 CAM Beliefs of Chiropractic students
Statement | Mean[1–7], SD |
|---|---|
A patient’s expectations, health beliefs and values should be integrated into the patient care process. | 5.91 (1.36) |
Complementary and alternative therapies include ideas and methods from which conventional medicine could benefit. | 5.17 (1.42) |
The body is essentially self-healing and the task of a health care provider is to assist in the healing process | 5.04 (1.4) |
A patient’s symptoms should be regarded as a manifestation of a general imbalance or dysfunction affecting the whole body | 4.48 (1.54) |
Most complementary and alternative therapies stimulate the body’s natural therapeutic powers. | 4.3 (1.57) |
Treatments not tested in a scientifically recognized manner should be discouraged. | 3.92 (1.84) |
Health and disease are a reflection of balance between positive life-enhancing forces and negative destructive forces. | 3.78 (1.78) |
The physical and mental health is maintained by an underlying energy or vital force. | 3.76 (1.72) |
Effects of complementary and alternative therapies are usually the result of a placebo effect | 2.94 (1.45) |