Development and validation of IMAQ: Integrative Medicine Attitude Questionnaire.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Complementary/alternative medicine and integrative medicine (CAM/IM) are increasingly used in the U.S. We set out to develop and validate a brief questionnaire measuring health care provider and medical student attitudes regarding these approaches to healthcare.

Methods

IMAQ is a 29-item, 7-point Likert scale rated instrument, developed from focus groups consisting of faculty, fellows, visiting residents, and medical students at a university based integrative medicine program. Respondents included 111 (of 574 contacted) internal medicine physicians on an academic medical center CME list and 85 healthcare providers (mostly physicians) attending an American Holistic Medical Association Annual Conference (296 attending). Cohorts were selected for expected differences

SUBMITTER: Schneider CD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC200993 | biostudies-literature | 2003 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature