The Perceived Credibility of Complementary and Alternative Medicine: A Survey of Undergraduate and Graduate Students
| Autor: | Joseph P. Green, Patrick J. Carroll, Olivia J. Green |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Complementary Therapies
Male Complementary and Manual Therapy Aromatherapy Hypnosis medicine.medical_specialty Universities Herbal Medicine Acupuncture Therapy Alternative medicine 050105 experimental psychology 03 medical and health sciences Sex Factors 0302 clinical medicine Surveys and Questionnaires ComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDEDUCATION medicine Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Students Massage Medical education Manipulation Chiropractic Yoga 05 social sciences Perceived credibility Popularity Clinical Psychology Meditation Graduate students Female Psychology Attitude to Health 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis. 68:327-347 |
| ISSN: | 1744-5183 0020-7144 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/00207144.2020.1756695 |
| Popis: | The popularity of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) appears to be increasing, especially among college students. We surveyed 146 undergraduate and graduate students with the CAM Health Belief Questionnaire and obtained credibility and frequency ratings for a select group of CAM therapies: yoga, meditation, massage, chiropractic medicine, biofeedback, hypnosis, acupuncture, spirituality/religion, therapeutic touch, the use of herbs/vitamins, and aromatherapy/essential oils. Graduate students held more favorable views about integrating CAM into conventional medical practice. Female students reported using a wider variety of therapies than male students. Spirituality/religion and herbs/vitamins were the most popular CAM approaches. Students rated yoga, meditation, and massage as being highly credible practices. They rated hypnosis and therapeutic touch low in credibility. We discuss hypnosis as an example of a therapy that suffers from poor public perception despite having a relatively strong evidentiary base. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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