Leuven School for Mass Communication Research, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Parkstraat 45, Box 3603, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.
Eur J Public Health. 2010 Apr;20(2):227-30. doi: 10.1093/eurpub/ckp104. Epub 2009 Jul 8.
The use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is widespread, even among people who use conventional medicine. Positive beliefs about CAM are common among physicians and medical students. Little is known about the beliefs regarding CAM among the general public. Among science students, belief in CAM was predicted by belief in the paranormal.
In a cross-sectional study, 712 randomly selected adults (>18 years old) responded to the CAM Health Belief Questionnaire (CHBQ) and a paranormal beliefs scale.
CAM beliefs were very prevalent in this sample of adult Flemish men and women. Zero-order correlations indicated that belief in CAM was associated with age (r = 0.173 P < 0.001) level of education (r = -0.079 P = 0.039) social desirability (r = -0.119 P = 0.002) and paranormal belief (r = 0.365 P < 0.001). In a multivariate model, two variables predicted CAM beliefs. Support for CAM increased with age (regression coefficient: 0.01; 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.006 to 0.014), but the strongest relationship existed between support for CAM and beliefs in the paranormal. Paranormal beliefs accounted for 14% of the variance of the CAM beliefs (regression coefficient: 0.376; 95%: CI 0.30-0.44). The level of education (regression coefficient: 0.06; 95% CI: -0.014-0.129) and social desirability (regression coefficient: -0.023; 95% CI: -0.048-0.026) did not make a significant contribution to the explained variance (<0.1%, P = 0.867).
Support of CAM was very prevalent in this Flemish adult population. CAM beliefs were strongly associated with paranormal beliefs.
补充和替代医学（CAM）的应用非常广泛，甚至在使用常规医学的人群中也是如此。医生和医学生普遍对 CAM 持有积极的信念。关于普通公众对 CAM 的信念知之甚少。在理科学生中，对 CAM 的信念是由对超自然现象的信念预测的。
在一项横断面研究中，712 名随机选择的成年人（>18 岁）回答了 CAM 健康信念问卷（CHBQ）和超自然信仰量表。
在这个弗拉芒成年男女样本中，CAM 信仰非常普遍。零阶相关表明，CAM 信仰与年龄（r = 0.173，P <0.001）、教育程度（r = -0.079，P = 0.039）、社会期望（r = -0.119，P = 0.002）和超自然信仰（r = 0.365，P <0.001）有关。在多元模型中，有两个变量预测了 CAM 信仰。对 CAM 的支持随着年龄的增长而增加（回归系数：0.01；95%置信区间（CI）：0.006 至 0.014），但与 CAM 支持之间存在最强的关系与对超自然现象的信仰。超自然信仰解释了 CAM 信仰方差的 14%（回归系数：0.376；95%CI：0.30-0.44）。教育程度（回归系数：0.06；95%CI：-0.014-0.129）和社会期望（回归系数：-0.023；95%CI：-0.048-0.026）对解释方差没有显著贡献（<0.1%，P = 0.867）。
CAM 在这个弗拉芒成年人群中非常普遍。CAM 信仰与超自然信仰密切相关。
