Furnham A, Yardley L, Fahmy S, Jamie A
Department of Psychology, University College London, UK.
Complement Ther Med. 1999 Jun;7(2):101-9. doi: 10.1016/s0965-2299(99)80088-0.
This study looked at the relationship between beliefs in 'scientific medicine', personal health beliefs, attitudes to complementary medical practitioners and medical treatment preferences in two different groups: medical and non-medical (mainly social science) students. It extended the previous work of looking at patient groups.
Once the psychometric properties of the four short questionnaires (53 items in all) were established as satisfactory in terms of their factor structure, the two groups were compared.
By means of analysis of variance it was established that there were fewer differences between medical and non-medical students than might be expected by chance. A 'higher order' factor analysis revealed three clear factors underlying attitudes to complementary medicine: pro complementary medicine; pro orthodox medicine; and satisfaction with general practitioner. All the students appeared to have a sceptical but positive attitude to complementary medicine.
本研究考察了两组不同人群（医学专业学生和非医学专业学生，后者主要为社会科学专业）在“科学医学”信念、个人健康信念、对补充医学从业者的态度以及医疗治疗偏好方面的关系。该研究扩展了以往针对患者群体的研究工作。
在确定了四份简短问卷（共计53个项目）的心理测量特性在因子结构方面令人满意后，对这两组人群进行了比较。
通过方差分析确定，医学专业学生和非医学专业学生之间的差异比随机预期的要少。一项“高阶”因子分析揭示了对补充医学态度背后的三个清晰因子：支持补充医学；支持传统医学；以及对全科医生的满意度。所有学生似乎对补充医学都持怀疑但积极的态度。
