Are modern health worries, environmental concerns, or paranormal beliefs associated with perceptions of the effectiveness of complementary and alternative medicine?

Jeswani, Mamta; Furnham, Adrian

doi:10.1348/135910709x477511

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“…In many cases, popular media and other sources exaggerate these dangers and risks (Bailer, Witthöft & Rist, 2008; Filipkowski, Smyth, Rutchick et al ., 2010; Petrie, Sivertsen, Hysing et al ., 2001) which leads to elevated levels of MHWs and to the feeling of heightened personal vulnerability (Petrie & Wessely, 2002). People with more MHWs use health care services more often (Filipkowski, Smyth, Rutchick et al ., 2010; Furnham, 2007), and they usually prefer methods of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) (Furnham, 2007; Jeswani & Furnham, 2010; Petrie, Sivertsen, Hysing et al ., 2001). MHWs were also significantly associated with subjective health complaints and symptom reports in many studies (Bailer, Witthöft & Rist, 2008; Köteles, Szemerszky, Freyler & Bárdos, 2011; Petrie, Sivertsen, Hysing et al ., 2001), even after controlling for negative affect (NA).…”

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Are modern health worries associated with somatosensory amplification, environmental attribution style, and commitment to complementary and alternative medicine?

Köteles

Bárány

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Scandinavian J Psychology

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Relationship among modern health worries (MHWs), somatosensory amplification (SSA), and attributional styles was investigated in a cross-sectional questionnaire study. A total of 99 university students, 104 patients visiting their General Practitioners, and 102 future alternative therapists completed questionnaires assessing MHWs, SSA, negative affect (NA), and psychological, somatic and normalizing (environmental) attribution styles. Significant correlation between SSA and MHWs was found in all three samples. MHWs and psychological attribution style were significantly associated with Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM)-orientation in the regression equation even after controlling for SSA, NA, and sociodemographic variables. MHWs were independent from any attribution styles in the student and patient samples, while significant correlations with all three styles were found in the CAM group. Previously described association between MHWs and SSA was replicated in three different samples. The connection between MHWs and CAM preference seems to be independent from SSA, NA or any particular attribution style.

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Are modern health worries associated with somatosensory amplification, environmental attribution style, and commitment to complementary and alternative medicine?

Köteles

Bárány

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Scandinavian J Psychology

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“…Daha doğal ve kişilerin kendilerini daha kendileri gibi hissettikleri, daha huzurlu oldukları yöntemler birer alternatif olarak görülmektedir. Böylece bu tedavi modalitelerinden birine yönelim artmaktadır (Jeswani 2010). Bu yönelişe bağlı olarak birçok ülkede ilgili bakanlıklar bünyesinde geleneksel, alternatif ve tamamlayıcı tıp uygulamalarına ilişkin birimler, üniversitelerde anabilim dalları, araştırma enstitüleri açılmış olsa da önyargı ve itirazlar devam etmektedir (Aydın 2012).…”

Section: Geleneksel Alternati̇f Ve Tamamlayici Yöntemleri̇n Geleceği̇unclassified

Alternative and Complementary Approaches in Medicine

Aslan¹

2016

Kocatepe Vet J

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ÖZMedikal desteklerin hedefi selüler ve interselüler homeostatik statüyü korumak, bozulmuşsa düzeltmektir. Alternatif veya tamamlayıcı medikal yöntemler, terapotik etki mekanizmaları genellikle bilimsel olarak kanıtlanmamış yaklaşımlardır. Bir inanış veya tecrübeye dayalı bu metotların çoğu henüz önerme konumundadır. Bilimsel yöntemlerle kanıtlanmamış olmaları onların bilimsel bir mekanizmalarının olmadığı anlamına gelmez. Tüm dünyada birçok hekim, hasta, hatta sağlıklı birey bu yöntemleri merak etmekte, önemsemekte ve denemek istemektedir. Endike olmalarını sağlayacak bulgular yeterli olmasa da geleneksel ve tamamlayıcı tıbbi yöntemler yadsınamaz birer gerçeklik bazen de zorunluluk olarak vardır. Bu tip uygulamalar, hastanın kendini iyi hissederek immün sisteminin güçlendirilmesi, farmakoekonomik bilinç ve hasta tercihinin önemsenmesi gibi nedenlerle giderek yaygınlaşmaktadır. Alternatif ve tamamlayıcı tıbbi yaklaşımların hem beşeri hem de veteriner hekimlikte endike hale getirilmesi bir zorunluluktur. Bu nedenle, alternatif, geleneksel veya tamamlayıcı yöntemlerin konvansiyonel yöntemlerle konjuge edilmesi çalışmaları sürdürülebilir politikalarla desteklenmelidir. Çalışma, tamamlayıcı, holistik, alternatif ve geleneksel tıbbi yaklaşımların topluca görülebileceği bir bilinç haritası oluşturmayı da amaçlamıştır. Bu yıl Aralık ayında TUBA'nın organize ettiği Geleneksel ve Tamamlayıcı Tıp Ürünlerinin Ruhsatlandırılması Sempozyumu bu kapsamda önemli bir adım olarak görülmelidir.Anahtar Kelimeler: Alternatif Tıp, Tamamlayıcı Tıp, Geleneksel Tıp, Holistik Tıp, Konvansiyonel Tıp, Farmakoekonomi. Alternative and Complementary Approaches in Medicine ABSTRACTThe goal of medical supports is to protect the cellular and intercellular homeostatic status, and to repair if damaged. Alternative or complementary medical methods, therapeutic action mechanisms are generally the approaches which have not been scientifically proven. Most of these methods based on a belief or experience still have an assumption characteristic. Nevertheless, it doesn't mean that they don't have a scientific mechanism. Many physicians, patients, even healthy individuals wonder, care and want to try these methods all over the world. Traditional and complementary medical methods are undeniable reality, sometimes compulsory part of life even if the findings related to their effects are not sufficient. Such practices are becoming increasingly common because of the reasons such as strengthening the patient's immune system by making him feel well, paying attention to pharmacoeconomic consciousness and patient's preference. It is a post-modern necessity to put the alternative and complementary medicinal approaches into practise in medicine and veterinary medicine. Therefore, studies that conjugate alternative and complementary medicinal methods with conventional methods must be supported by sustainable policies. This study also aims to develop a consciousness map for alternative, holistic and traditional medical approaches. The Symposium on Licensing of Tradi...

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“…Számos olyan vizsgálati eredményt ismerünk, amely szerint a természetgyógyászati módszerek preferenciájához rendszerint a babonás és paranormális hiedelmek, valamint az egészséggel és a táplálkozással kapcsolatos mágikus elképzelések is kapcsolódnak (Jeswani & Furnham, 2010;Lindeman & Saher, 2007;Saher & Lindeman, 2005). Egy további jó illusztrációját jelenti a kapcsolatnak az, hogy a modernkori egészségféltés magasabb szintje szintén a természetgyógyászat preferenciájával jár együtt (Furnham, 2007;Jeswani & Furnham, 2010;Köteles, Bárány, Varsányi, & Bárdos, 2012). A fogalom a modern technológiák potenciális egészség-károsító hatásával kapcsolatos aggodalmakat takarja (Kõhegyi, Freyler, & Köteles, 2012;Petrie és mtsai, 2001), s mint ilyen, önmagában is erõsen holisztikus jellegû.…”

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Psychometric evaluation of the Hungarian version of the Holistic Complementary and Alternative Medicine Questionnaire (HCAMQ-H)

Köteles¹

2014

Mentálhigiéné és Pszichoszomatika

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Elméleti háttér: A Holisztikus Természetgyógyászat Kérdõív (Holistic Complementary and Alternative Medicine Questionnaire -HCAMQ) két, egymással korreláló skálából (Termé-szetgyógyászat és Holisztikus Egészséghiedelmek) áll, amelyek a természetgyógyászati módszerek tudományos megalapozottságával, illetve az egészség holisztikus megközelí-tésével kapcsolatos attitûdöt mérik. Cél: A vizsgálat célja a Holisztikus Természetgyógyá-szat Kérdõív magyar verziójának elkészítése és pszichometriai értékelése volt. Módszer: A faktorstruktúra vizsgálatára (felderítõ faktorelemzés oblimin-forgatással és megerõsítõ faktorelemzés) egy korábbi vizsgálat 6404 fõs mintáját használtam. A validitás vizsgálata több módon történt: (1) két egészséges kritériumcsoport (Szkeptikus Társaság, N = 55, illetve természetgyógyászat-orientáltak, N = 50) skálapontszámainak összehasonlításával, (2) a konvencionális és a természetgyógyászati terápiák és készítmények igénybevételével való korrelációk vizsgálatával, valamint (3) a Modernkori Egészségféltés Skála, illetve a szubjektív testi-lelki egészségi állapotot mérõ kérdõívekkel (észlelt egészségi állapot, Szubjektív Testi Tünet Skála -PHQ-15, rövidített WHO Jól-lét Kérdõív -WBI-5) mutatott együtt-járások elemzésével. Eredmények: Felderítõ faktorelemzéssel sikerült jól reprodukálni az eredeti faktorstruktúrát, a megerõsítõ faktorelemzés illeszkedési mutatói ugyanakkor csak a 2-es tétel törlését követõen, két egymással korreláló skála definiálásával lettek elfogadhatók (NFI = 0,914; IFI = 0,918; CFI = 0,918; RMSEA = 0,079 [0,074-0,084]). A két kritérium-csoport pontszámai mindkét skála esetében szignifikáns különbséget mutattak nagy hatás-mérettel. Mindkét skála közepes méretû korrelációt (Kendall tau-b: 0,3-0,54; p < 0,001) mutatott a természetgyógyászati szolgáltatások és készítmények használatával és nem korrelált a hasonló konvencionális mutatókkal. Mindkét skála korrelált a modernkori egész-ségféltéssel (Kendall tau-b: 0,24-0,31; p < 0,01) és nem állt kapcsolatban az észlelt egészség mutatóival. Következtetések: A két 5-tételes skála jó reliabilitási és validitási mutatókkal bír, a teljes kérdõívpontszám használata ugyanakkor nem ajánlott.

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Are modern health worries, environmental concerns, or paranormal beliefs associated with perceptions of the effectiveness of complementary and alternative medicine?

Abstract: Overall, older people, with more MHWs, and who believe in the paranormal are more likely to believe that CAM works, possibly because of a more intuitive, 'holistic', thinking style. Limitations of the study are considered.

Cited by 24 publications

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Are modern health worries associated with somatosensory amplification, environmental attribution style, and commitment to complementary and alternative medicine?

Are modern health worries associated with somatosensory amplification, environmental attribution style, and commitment to complementary and alternative medicine?

Alternative and Complementary Approaches in Medicine

Psychometric evaluation of the Hungarian version of the Holistic Complementary and Alternative Medicine Questionnaire (HCAMQ-H)

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