Table 8 Cluster 8 "Experience with CAM" statements in descending order of average importance (n = 23 respondents).
From: Complementary and conventional medicine: a concept map
# | Cluster 8 Statements | Mean | SD |
|---|---|---|---|
16 | how many and what types of CAM modalities they have used | 4.52 | 0.67 |
13 | what symptoms they have sought CAM therapy for | 4.39 | 0.72 |
88 | where they get their alternative medicine information | 4.35 | 0.83 |
134 | whether they sought CAM care because of intolerable side-effects of conventional care | 4.30 | 0.70 |
49 | how many years they have been using CAM treatments | 4.30 | 0.76 |
22 | the positive experiences they may have had with CAM providers/treatments | 4.30 | 0.70 |
64 | what conditions they sought help for from a CAM provider | 4.26 | 0.75 |
112 | whether they have discontinued their use of any prescription medicine due to CAM use | 4.22 | 0.52 |
148 | what kind of CAM provider they use (e.g. homeopath, naturopath, acupuncturist) | 4.22 | 0.74 |
133 | whether they sought CAM care after conventional biomedicine failed to alleviate their symptoms | 4.22 | 0.67 |
144 | which CAM treatments have helped them the most | 4.17 | 0.94 |
137 | whether they sought CAM care in order to have someone address them as a whole person (pull together mind, body, and spirit) | 4.13 | 0.92 |
73 | whether they do CAM treatments on their own or under supervision | 4.09 | 0.85 |
89 | whether they are more compliant with their alternative medicine regimen | 4.09 | 0.90 |
156 | who recommended the herbal medicines and other CAM modalities they use | 4.09 | 1.08 |
117 | how they decide how long to use a CAM therapy before judging whether it works | 4.04 | 0.98 |
120 | whether they have used spiritual healers, curanderos, shamans | 4.04 | 0.77 |
103 | how they have responded to the herbal medicines they take | 4.00 | 0.90 |
81 | how they chose their CAM provider(s) in the past | 4.00 | 0.85 |
141 | what are they taking vitamin or mineral supplements for | 4.00 | 0.90 |
90 | how they determine the dosage of their botanicals | 3.96 | 1.07 |
135 | whether they sought CAM care because they believe in going "natural" and don't like or can't tolerate strong medicines or treatments | 3.96 | 0.98 |
41 | whether family tradition or cultural background has led them to certain alternative healing practices | 3.96 | 0.88 |
70 | how long they try a CAM therapy to judge whether it works | 3.91 | 1.08 |
87 | when they start a new herbal treatment or supplement do they replace one they are already taking or do they just add the new one | 3.83 | 1.15 |
115 | whether they have had an herbal remedy conflict with a prescription medicine | 3.78 | 1.09 |
96 | what they will do if their CAM treatment does not give them | 3.65 | 0.88 |
79 | whether they frequently go to health food stores | 3.61 | 0.94 |
101 | where they purchase herbal preparations | 3.52 | 1.16 |
72 | whether they carry a list of the herbal preparations they take | 3.43 | 1.31 |
80 | whether they had overseas experiences that influenced CAM use (e.g. homeopathy in Germany, herbs in Asia) | 3.39 | 1.31 |
14 | whether there are CAM treatments they would recommend to family or friends | 3.22 | 1.13 |
17 | whether they use or have used marijuana for medicinal | 2.26 | 1.18 |
| Â | Average Bridging Value = 0.19 | 3.95 | 0.92 |