Wong Yi Kai, Low Ka Lok, Pooke Tamara Gien
Chiropractic Department, Centre for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, International Medical University, Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
J Chiropr Med. 2022 Jun;21(2):83-96. doi: 10.1016/j.jcm.2022.02.003. Epub 2022 May 21.
The purpose of this study was to investigate the association between patients' sociodemographic factors (age, sex, ethnicity, and education background) and dimensions of patients' trust in chiropractic doctors in Malaysia.
This cross-sectional study was conducted in the International Medical University Healthcare Chiropractic Center with a total of 302 respondents. Self-administered questionnaires were enclosed in an envelope and passed to participants by the researchers. Descriptive statistics are presented in tables and figures. Each dimension of the patients' trust was compared against the sociodemographic factors. The variables included were sex, age, ethnicity, and education background, along with their dimensions of trust.
There were 106 male respondents (35.1%) and 196 female respondents (64.9%) between 21 and 40 years of age. In all of the trust dimensions, education background was the only statistically significant variable < .05).
Several sociodemographic factors were associated highly with the trust dimensions explored. Patients' education background was the only sociodemographic factor to show a statistically significant relationship to all 10 trust dimensions. Sex, age, and ethnicity showed significant associations with some of the trust dimensions explored in this study.
本研究旨在调查马来西亚患者的社会人口学因素(年龄、性别、种族和教育背景)与患者对整脊医生信任维度之间的关联。
本横断面研究在国际医学大学保健整脊中心进行,共有302名受访者。自行填写的问卷装在信封中,由研究人员分发给参与者。描述性统计数据以表格和图表形式呈现。将患者信任的每个维度与社会人口学因素进行比较。纳入的变量包括性别、年龄、种族和教育背景,以及他们的信任维度。
共有106名男性受访者(35.1%)和196名女性受访者(64.9%),年龄在21至40岁之间。在所有信任维度中,教育背景是唯一具有统计学意义的变量(P<0.05)。
几个社会人口学因素与所探讨的信任维度高度相关。患者的教育背景是唯一与所有10个信任维度均呈现统计学显著关系的社会人口学因素。性别、年龄和种族与本研究中探讨的一些信任维度显示出显著关联。