Statements | Year of Study (Mean) | Overall difference | Differences between Years of Study | ||||||||
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Ā | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Ā | 1-2 | 1-3 | 1-4 | 2-3 | 2-4 | 3-4 |
1. The physical and mental health is maintained by an underlying energy or vital force | 4.31 | 4.77 | 4.61 | 4.84 | 0.001 | 0.005 | 0.037 | 0.001 | 0.524 | 0.271 | 0.095 |
2. Health and disease are a reflection of balance between positive life-enhancing forces and negative destructive forces | 4.42 | 4.94 | 4.84 | 5.14 | 0.001 | 0.004 | 0.006 | 0.001 | 0.937 | 0.084 | 0.109 |
3. The body is essentially self-healing and the task of a health care provider is to assist in the healing process | 4.79 | 5.26 | 5.23 | 5.15 | 0.016 | 0.005 | 0.007 | 0.026 | 0.941 | 0.391 | 0.372 |
4. A patient's symptoms should be regarded as a manifestation of general imbalance or dysfunction affecting the whole body | 4.47 | 4.95 | 4.97 | 5.12 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.674 | 0.142 | 0.323 |
5. A patient's expectations, health beliefs and values should be integrated into the patient care process | 4.83 | 5.16 | 5.08 | 5.25 | 0.035 | 0.042 | 0.077 | 0.003 | 0.683 | 0.456 | 0.262 |
6. Complementary therapies are a threat to public health | 3.82 | 3.73 | 3.51 | 3.57 | 0.266 | 0.065 | 0.081 | 0.136 | 0.209 | 0.309 | 0.776 |
7. Treatments not tested in a scientifically recognized manner should be discouraged | 4.61 | 4.82 | 4.88 | 4.82 | 0.501 | 0.212 | 0.132 | 0.292 | 0.887 | 0.900 | 0.710 |
8. Effects of complementary therapies are usually the results of a placebo effect | 4.01 | 4.35 | 3.92 | 3.92 | 0.016 | 0.017 | 0.668 | 0.662 | 0.009 | 0.006 | 0.975 |
9. Complementary therapies include ideas and methods from which conventional medicine could benefit | 4.36 | 4.87 | 4.75 | 4.77 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.003 | 0.001 | 0.397 | 0.704 | 0.633 |
10. Most complementary therapies stimulate the body's natural therapeutic powers | 4.25 | 4.91 | 4.74 | 4.67 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.458 | 0.137 | 0.467 |