Table 1 Description of questions on attitudes to (interest in and accept of) Functional Neurology and the scoring system in a survey of chiropractic students
Acceptance of and interest in Functional Neurology | Answering possibilities | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
‘Acceptance’ Mrs. X brings her son, Julien 7 yrs. to consult you. She explains that Julien is hyperactive and that she has read on the Internet that chiropractors can detect and treat groups of dysfunctional neurons in the brain, which could improve his hyperactivity. Would you accept to treat this boy in this way? | Definitely not | Probably not | Don’t know | Yes Probably | Yes, definitely |
Answers indicating disagreement with the concept | Answers indicating agreement with the concept | ||||
0 pt | 1 pt | ||||
‘Interest’ Would you like to learn (more) how to use Functional Neurology? | Yes | Unsure | No | ||
Interested | Uninterested | ||||
1 pt | 0 pt | ||||
‘Interest’ Do you think this technique should be taught in chiropractic programmes? | Yes, mandatory | Yes, as an elective only | Don’t know | Probably not | Definitely not |
Interested | Uninterested | ||||
1 pt | 0 pt | ||||
‘Interest’ Do you think that this technique holds great promise for chiropractic? | Yes, definitely | Yes probably | Don’t know | Probably not | Definitely not |
Interested | Uninterested | ||||
1 pt | 0 pt | ||||
‘Acceptance’ It is possible to examine the nervous system of young healthy people to detect groups of dysfunctional cerebral neurons. | Strongly disagree | Somewhat disagree | I don’t know | Somewhat agree | Strongly agree |
Disagreement | Agreement | ||||
0 pt | 1 pt | ||||