Table 3 The Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) Health Belief Questionnaire (CHBQ): Items means, standard deviations, item-total correlations, validity coefficients, and coefficient alphas if the item is deleted from the composite scale score. Data for three successive classes of medical students.
Item Content | Meana | Standard Deviation | Item-Total Correlationb | Validity Coefficientc | Alpha if Item is Deletedd |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
The physical and mental health are maintained by an underlying energy or vital force. | 4.4 | 1.6 | .57 | .47 | .70 |
Health and disease are a reflection of balance between positive life-enhancing forces and negative destructive forces. | 4.3 | 1.5 | .56 | .39 | .71 |
The body is essentially self-healing and the task of a health care provider is to assist in the healing process. | 4.7 | 1.5 | .36 | .25 | .74 |
A patient's symptoms should be regarded as a manifestation of a general imbalance or dysfunction affecting the whole body. | 4.6 | 1.4 | .49 | .34 | .72 |
A patient's expectations, health beliefs and values should be integrated into the patient care process. | 5.9 | 1.3 | .23 | .35 | .75 |
Complementary therapies are a threat to public health.e | 5.5 | 1.5 | .37 | .57 | .74 |
Treatments not tested in a scientifically recognized manner should be discouraged.e | 4.1 | 1.6 | .27 | .32 | .75 |
Effects of complementary therapies are usually the result of a placebo effect.e | 4.5 | 1.4 | .33 | .44 | .74 |
Complementary therapies include ideas and methods from which conventional medicine could benefit. | 5.4 | 1.3 | .45 | .53 | .73 |
Most complementary therapies stimulate the body's natural therapeutic powers. | 4.5 | 1.3 | .50 | .33 | .72 |