Trajectories | Estimate | Stand error | Critical ratio |
---|---|---|---|
APUTCM Scale | |||
Cognitive Component | |||
Perceived needs for increasing patient awareness of TCM | 1.000 | ||
Belief in TCM as a patient self-management strategy | 0.925 | 0.064 | 14.498*** |
Perceived insufficient knowledge about TCM. | 1.094 | 0.073 | 14.927*** |
Integration of TCM into conventional care to address patients’ needs | 1.116 | 0.068 | 16.435*** |
Affective Component | |||
Understanding of TCM assistance in the care of patients with the needs | 1.000 | ||
Acceptance and respect of patient’s TCM use | 1.161 | 0.063 | 18.329*** |
The right to use both CM and TCM for patients | 1.243 | 0.064 | 19.277*** |
Respect of patients’ TCM choices in disease self-management | 1.175 | 0.061 | 19.386*** |
Behavioural Component | |||
Familiar with their own specialist-related TCM | 1.000 | ||
Ability to evaluate the efficacy and safety of TCM | 1.757 | 0.176 | 9.982*** |
Ability to search for trusted TCM information | 1.934 | 0.188 | 10.271*** |
Ability to face TCM challenges with confidence | 2.010 | 0.194 | 10.375*** |
Ability to assess and evaluate patient’s TCM use. | 1.858 | 0.180 | 10.301*** |
CCTCM Scale | |||
Sustainability | |||
Receiving training to improve TCM communication skills | 1.000 | ||
Learning integrative medicine to facilitate communication with patients regarding TCM use | 1.381 | 0.093 | 14.895*** |
Performance | |||
Answering TCM questions from evidence-based literature | 1.000 | ||
Feeling confidence in discussing TCM-related questions | 0.902 | 0.046 | 19.627*** |
Listening patients’ TCM use in a respectful and open-minded manner | 0.928 | 0.044 | 21.252*** |