Table 3 Chronically ill people's trust in health care and health care professionals (mean, standard deviation) by CAM use
Trust in: | 1. Never used CAM (N = 1093) | 2. Used CAM in the past (N = 245) | 3. Used CAM recently (N = 223) |
|---|---|---|---|
Health care a: | 6.8 (1.0)3 | 6.6 (1.1) | 6.4 (1.0)1 |
- present health care | 7.0 (1.2)3 | 6.9 (1.2) | 6.7 (1.1)1 |
- future health care | 6.0 (1.5)3 | 5.9 (1.5)3 | 5.6 (1.4)1,2 |
- existing medical possibilities | 7.3 (1.1)3 | 7.1 (1.2) | 7.0 (1.1)1 |
Regular health care professionals b: | 3.0 (0.4)3 | 3.0 (0.5) | 2.9 (0.4)1 |
- GPs | 3.1 (0.6)3 | 3.0 (0.6) | 2.9 (0.6)1 |
- medical specialists | 3.1 (0.5)2,3 | 3.0 (0.6)1 | 2.8 (0.6)1 |
- physiotherapists | 2.9 (0.6) | 2.9 (0.5) | 2.8 (0.6) |
Alternative practitioners b: | 1.8 (0.6)2,3 | 2.1 (0.6)1,3 | 2.4 (0.6)1,2 |
- alternative doctors | 2.2 (0.7)2,3 | 2.5 (0.7)1,3 | 2.8 (0.7)1,2 |
- alternative healers (not doctors) | 1.5 (0.7)2,3 | 1.8 (0.7)1,3 | 2.1 (0.8)1,2 |