Table 3 Beliefs and perceptions of CAM therapy (n = 15).
Beliefs | Percentages | ||
|---|---|---|---|
I believe CAM therapy will | Unlikely (1,2) | Indifferent (3) | Likely (4,5) |
Cure Cancer | 31.3% | 50.0% | 18.8% |
Prevent Spread | 25.0% | 50.0% | 25.0% |
Assist other treatments | 25.0% | 12.5% | 62.5% |
Relieve symptoms | 18.8% | 18.8% | 62.5% |
Have side effects | 56.3% | 12.5% | 31.3% |
Weaken body's natural reserves | 62.5% | 18.8% | 18.8% |
Patient's Fault if they don't work | 75.0% | 18.8% | 6.3% |
Assist the body's natural forces to heal | 6.3% | 18.8% | 75.0% |
Easy to understand how they work | 37.5% | 25.0% | 37.5% |
Boost to Immune System | 18.8% | 25.0% | 56.3% |
Perfectly safe | 25.0% | 31.3% | 43.8% |
Increase Quality of Life | 6.3% | 31.3% | 62.5% |
Feeling of control over the cancer | 25.0% | 18.8% | 56.3% |
Prevent recurrence of Cancer | 18.8% | 56.3% | 25.0% |
Reduce the chance that other therapies will work | 37.5% | 43.8% | 18.8% |
Makes them less likely to accept conventional treatments | 50.0% | 37.5% | 12.5% |